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    The surname Karst

    A surname, carried by 1,958 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K623

    Karst: #15,066 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Karst #15,066, 1,958 people Karst: #15,066 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Karst #15,066, 1,958 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Karst is more common than 90.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,958 people named Karst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,767.

    #15,066
    rank among US surnames
    1,958
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,269)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,060Bien1,960157,523
    #15,063Yohn1,959157,604
    #15,066Mitra1,958157,684
    #15,074Bolds1,957157,765

    Who is named Karst

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    95% of people named Karst identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Karst

    Karst has the Soundex code K623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Karst?
    1,958 people in the United States had the surname Karst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,684 Americans. It ranked 15,066th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Karst?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Karst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Karst getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,767 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,958 in 2010, up 11%.