Explore the Family Name Kynard

The meaning of Kynard

Possibly an altered form of German Kühnhard, a variant of Kuehnert.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Kynard has shown a significant increase in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 46,523rd in popularity with a total count of 431 people having this last name. By 2010, its rank had improved to 43,651st, reflecting an increase of 6.17 percent. The number of individuals with the Kynard surname also rose by 14.62 percent during this period, from 431 to 494. This indicates that for every 100,000 people in the U.S., approximately 0.17 carried the Kynard surname in 2010, up from 0.16 in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#46,523	#43,651	6.17%
Count	431	494	14.62%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.17	6.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kynard

When we examine the ethnic identity associated with the surname Kynard, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that most individuals with this surname identify as Black. In 2000, 67.29 percent of Kynards identified as Black, although that percentage dipped to 64.78 percent by 2010. White Kynards accounted for 30.16 percent in 2000 and slightly decreased to 29.76 percent by 2010. Individuals who identified with two or more races saw a substantial increase, jumping from 1.62 percent in 2000 to 3.44 percent in 2010, a change of 112.35 percent. The data also shows that in 2010, 1.62 percent of Kynards identified as Hispanic, a category not represented in 2000. The categories Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native were not represented in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	67.29%	64.78%	-3.73%
White	30.16%	29.76%	-1.33%
Two or More Races	1.62%	3.44%	112.35%
Hispanic	0%	1.62%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%