Kimball meaning | Last name Kimball origin

Following is the meaning of Kimball surname. Family name Kimball is generally added after the name or middle name so also called last name.
Family Name / Last Name: Kimball
No. of characters: 7
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Kimball

Kimball is used as a family name or surname in United States languages. Kimball has 7 characters long in length.

Kimball is common in United States country(ies).

Kimball is ranked 16541 in our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Kimball bearers increased by 1.317964 per cent in 2010 US census to 23293 since 2000, the surname slipped by 123 spots and ranked at 1544. The last name was found in around 79 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 92.72 94.07
Black 2.29 2.32
Hispanic or Latino 2.23 1.58
Others 1.54 1.1
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander
0.75 0.5
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.48 0.43

It is also used as a first name, know the meaning of Kimball

How popular is Kimball?

Kimball is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in United States which signifies that it is originated from United States. Around 31754 people have been found who wears Kimball as their family name. Kimball is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
9,568 Thailand8
318,252 Ukraine6
8,438 China5
46,707 New Zealand5
2,011 South Korea4
46,068 Philippines3
10,686 Costa Rica3
50,640 Switzerland2
6,353 Panama2
147,165 Czech Republic2
139,444 Brazil2
24,269 Peru2
26,123 Malaysia2
35,969 Denmark2
14,004 Hungary2
4,367 Afghanistan2
12,172 Ghana2
219,873 France2
53,033 Nigeria1
1,486 Northern Mariana Islands1
Full Last Name Distribution ⇳

Immigrants to US

James Kimball worked as workman and hailed from Great Britain. During the great famine, 17 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Devonshire and arrived on November 6, 1846. 16 years old Anthony Kimball, Mrs Kimball, aged 45, Kate Kimball, aged 20, Workman Robert Kimball, are others that migrated to US from Liverpool, Dublin and Galway.

Celebrities having Kimball surname

Adrienne Kimball Christopher Kimball's ex-wife
Alanson M. Kimball Member of the United States House of Representatives
Paul Kimball Film producer
Clara Kimball Young Film actress
Bruce Kimball Football player
Edward A Kimball Author
Charlie Kimball Racing driver
Ralph Kimball Author
David J. Kimball Sound engineer
Penn Kimball Journalist
  • In 2016, Ross Kimball characterized the role of Eric Payne in comedy, crime film Masterminds.
  • In 2019 drama movie, The Pupil, Kelly Kimball portrayed Venus.
  • Blaire Kimball, from 2011 comedy movie Forgotten Soul, who played Jenny.
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