Explore the Family Name Kinsell

The meaning of Kinsell

1. Variant of Kinsel, a surname of German origin. 2. English (Staffordshire): variant of Kinsey, or of Kingswell, a habitational name from the lost placename Kingeswelle in Newchurch (Isle of Wight), and probably also from King’s Well in Wartling (Sussex). Both placenames mean ‘the king’s spring’, from Middle English king ‘king’ (genitive kinges) + well ‘spring, stream’ (Old English cyning, genitive cyninges, + wella).

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kinsell saw a decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 73,931 in popularity and decreased by 7.31 percent to rank 79,338 in 2010. The actual count of individuals with the Kinsell surname also dropped slightly, by 1.64 percent, from 244 in 2000 to 240 in 2010. Consequently, the proportion per 100,000 people with this surname fell by 11.11 percent over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#73,931	#79,338	-7.31%
Count	244	240	-1.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.09	0.08	-11.11%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kinsell

In terms of ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census revealed that the Kinsell surname is predominantly associated with the White ethnicity. In 2000, about 97.13 percent of those with the Kinsell surname identified as White, which increased slightly to 97.50 percent in 2010. Meanwhile, there were no recorded instances of individuals with the Kinsell surname identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or as having two or more races in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.13%	97.5%	0.38%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%