Kirkland

Kirkland is the 1,207th most common surname in the United States, shared by 28,647 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 10,400.

By the numbers

People: 28,647
Rank: 1,207th
How common: 1 in 10,400
Per 100,000: 9.6

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Kirkland described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 66.1%
Black, not Hispanic 25.6%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino 3.1%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%

Notable people called Kirkland

Sally Kirkland (1941–2025)American actress, film producer, and activist
Chris Kirkland (born 1981)English association football player
Anjanette Kirkland (born 1974)American hurdler
Hardee Kirkland (1868–1929)American film actor and director
Kenny Kirkland (1955–1998)American musician

People named Kirkland with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Kirkland

Also a first name

Kirkland has been given to 2,178 American babies as a first name since 1914, peaking in 1997. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.