Explore the Family Name Kindell

The meaning of Kindell

1. English (Middlesex): variant of Kendall. 2. Americanized form of German Kindel. 3. Swedish: ornamental name formed with the placename element kind- ‘family, tribe’ + the suffix -ell, a derivative of the Latin adjectival ending -elius.

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How common is the last name Kindell in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kindell saw a decrease in the decade from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, Kindell was ranked as the 22,538th most common surname and dropped to the 25,865th position by 2010; this is a relative change of -14.76%. The total count of individuals with the surname also decreased from 1,065 to 951, showing a -10.7% decline. The proportion per 100k people dropped from 0.39 to 0.32, a decrease of -17.95%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,538	#25,865	-14.76%
Count	1,065	951	-10.7%
Proportion per 100k	0.39	0.32	-17.95%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kindell

Ethnic identity data, also from the Decennial U.S. Census, for the surname Kindell shows several shifts between 2000 and 2010. The percentage of Kindell's identifying as White decreased slightly, from 57.93% to 54.47%, a -5.97% change. Those identifying as Black increased from 38.87% to 41.22%, a growth of 6.05%. There was significant growth in the percentage identifying as having two or more ethnic identities, with an increase from 1.41% to 2.21%, marking a 56.74% rise. Also, there was an increase in those identifying as Hispanic, from 1.13% to 1.58%, which constitutes a 39.82% growth. For Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native categories, the figures remained at zero for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
White	57.93%	54.47%	-5.97%
Black	38.87%	41.22%	6.05%
Two or More Races	1.41%	2.21%	56.74%
Hispanic	1.13%	1.58%	39.82%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%