How common is the surname Kase?

1,450 people in the United States had the surname Kase in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. It ranked 18,858th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kase?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kase identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Kase getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,450 in 2010, down 2.7%.

Is Kase also a first name?

Yes. Kase is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kase

A German surname, carried by 1,450 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kase is more common than 88.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

Modern spelling variant of Case. The surname derives from German Käse.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,450 people named Kase in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. That is down 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,491.

#18,858

rank among US surnames

1,450

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-2.7%

change since 2000 (was #17,436)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,849	Berber	1,451	212,781
#18,858	Zagorski	1,450	212,928
#18,867	Balistreri	1,449	213,075

Who is named Kase

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

89% of people named Kase identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 4.4%
Two or more races 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.7%
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 Kase

Kase has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kase come from?: Modern spelling variant of Case. The surname derives from German Käse.
How common is the surname Kase?: 1,450 people in the United States had the surname Kase in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 212,928 Americans. It ranked 18,858th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kase?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Kase identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Kase getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,491 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,450 in 2010, down 2.7%.
Is Kase also a first name?: Yes. Kase is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.