Explore the Family Name Kingsberry

The meaning of Kingsberry

English (Lancashire): variant of Kingsbury.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kingsberry has seen an increase from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 40,335 in terms of commonality and rose to 37,899 by 2010, showing a growth of 6.04%. In terms of raw count, there were 511 individuals with this surname in 2000 and by 2010, the number had increased to 586, marking a growth of 14.68%. The proportion of this surname per 100k individuals also showed an upward trend, moving from 0.19 to 0.2, indicating an increase of 5.26%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#40,335	#37,899	6.04%
Count	511	586	14.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.19	0.2	5.26%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kingsberry

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Kingsberry also changed over the same decade, according to Decennial U.S. Census data. The percentage identifying as Black slightly increased from 79.26% in 2000 to 80.38% in 2010. Additionally, those identifying as Hispanic saw a significant rise of 43.07%, moving from 2.74% to 3.92%. However, the percentage of individuals identifying as White decreased by 26.10%, standing at 16.63% in 2000 and falling to 12.29% in 2010. Also noteworthy is that there was no significant Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native representation in 2000, but by 2010, 0.85% identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native. Lastly, the category of two or more races saw a notable rise from 0.98% in 2000 to 2.56% in 2010, a whopping increase of 161.22%.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	79.26%	80.38%	1.41%
White	16.63%	12.29%	-26.1%
Hispanic	2.74%	3.92%	43.07%
Two or More Races	0.98%	2.56%	161.22%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.85%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%