Surname Checker / Kim
How Common Is the Last Name Kim?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Kim today
290,482
Ranked #77 of 162,254 published surnames · 88.94 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 262,352 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
2.52%
Black
0.39%
Asian / Pacific Islander
94.47%
Hispanic
0.65%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.