Explore the Family Name Kingham

The meaning of Kingham

English: habitational name from Kingham in Oxfordshire or Keyingham in East Yorkshire, named in Old English from the personal name Cǣga + the Old English groupname suffix -ingas (genitive -inga-) + hām ‘village, homestead’.

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kingham has slightly decreased between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 44,895 and dropped to 47,107 in 2010, signifying a decrease of about 5%. Despite the drop in rank, the actual count of people with the surname marginally increased from 450 in 2000 to 451 in 2010, indicating a slight increase of 0.22%. The proportion per 100k also saw a decline of approximately 12%, going from 0.17 in 2000 to 0.15 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#44,895	#47,107	-4.93%
Count	450	451	0.22%
Proportion per 100k	0.17	0.15	-11.76%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kingham

Looking at the ethnic identity of people with the surname Kingham, according to the Decennial U.S. Census, there were some changes between 2000 and 2010. People identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races both saw an increase, with the former rising by around 20% and the latter by approximately 33%. However, those identifying as White saw a small decrease of about 3%. Moreover, the census data for 2010 reveals that some individuals started identifying as Hispanic, even though there were no such records in 2000. There were no recorded changes for Black, American Indian, and Alaskan Native groups during this period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.44%	91.8%	-2.8%
Hispanic	0%	3.55%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.22%	2.66%	19.82%
Two or More Races	1.33%	1.77%	33.08%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%