Explore the Family Name Kingrey

The meaning of Kingrey

Variant of Kingery, a surname of Swiss German origin (see Gingrich).

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kingrey has seen a slight increase over the past decade. In 2000, Kingrey was ranked the 22,403rd most common name in the United States with approximately 1,072 individuals bearing the surname. By 2010, the rank had improved to 21,382nd and the count increased to 1,224 individuals, marking a growth of 14.18%. This indicates that the proportion per 100k people bearing this surname also slightly increased from 0.4 to 0.41 within this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,403	#21,382	4.56%
Count	1,072	1,224	14.18%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.41	2.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kingrey

Turning to ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census reveals a diverse ethnic identity associated with the surname Kingrey. The majority of Kingreys identified as White, accounting for 95.52% in 2000 and slightly decreasing to 95.26% in 2010. Meanwhile, the representation of those identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 16.96%, growing from 1.12% to 1.31% across the decade. Individuals of Asian/Pacific Islander descent bearing the Kingrey name were reported at 0.56% in 2000, but data for 2010 was suppressed for privacy. Those reporting two or more races grew by 10.23%, from 2.15% to 2.37%. New occurrences were observed in 2010 with some Kingreys identifying as Black, but there were no reports of American Indian and Alaskan Native Kingreys in either census year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.52%	95.26%	-0.27%
Two or More Races	2.15%	2.37%	10.23%
Hispanic	1.12%	1.31%	16.96%
Black	0%	0.49%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.56%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%