Last Name KINSMAN

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Meaning	The king's man, i.e. servant, a royal servitor. Probably also one who looked after royal property, a steward, a woodward, etc. Also the king's man, or assistant in the many festivities in which the king was personated. Occupational.

Origin	English, Irish, Belgian

Rank	11,174 (2000 US census)	14,861 (1990 US census)

Count	2,603 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.81%, or 2494 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.23%, or 6 total occurrences, as black,
0.31%, or 8 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.42%, or 11 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.42%, or 37 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.81%, or 47 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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