Explore the Family Name Kinsler

The meaning of Kinsler

Americanized form of German Künzler (see Kunzler).

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the popularity of the surname Kinsler has significantly increased between 2000 and 2010. Ranked at 16,074 in 2000, it moved up to 12,715 by 2010, marking an impressive growth of over 20 percent. The number of people bearing this surname also soared from 1,656 to 2,428 during the same decade, reflecting a remarkable increase of nearly 47 percent. As a result, the proportion of individuals with the Kinsler surname per 100,000 increased by approximately 34 percent, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,074	#12,715	20.9%
Count	1,656	2,428	46.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.61	0.82	34.43%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kinsler

The Decennial U.S. Census data also provides insight into the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kinsler. As of 2010, the majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, constituting around 80 percent of the total, up by about 6 percent from the year 2000. Those identifying as Black made up the second largest group, though their proportion decreased from 22 percent in 2000 to around 16 percent in 2010. Interestingly, those claiming two or more ethnicities increased substantially from 0.54 percent to 1.28 percent over the same period. Although small in number, there was a significant appearance of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaskan Native identities within the Kinsler surname bearers in 2010, where none were recorded in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	75.48%	80.27%	6.35%
Black	22.22%	16.43%	-26.06%
Two or More Races	0.54%	1.28%	137.04%
Hispanic	1.45%	1.28%	-11.72%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.49%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.25%	0%