How common is the surname Kast?

2,048 people in the United States had the surname Kast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. It ranked 14,549th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kast?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kast getting more or less common?

More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,048 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Kast

A German surname, carried by 2,048 people in the United States.

Pronounced /kæst/ 1 syllable Soundex K230

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kast is more common than 91% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a German surname, from Kast, a spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”). * As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast. * See also the etymology at Gast.

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 2,048 people named Kast in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,978.

#14,549

rank among US surnames

2,048

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,994)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,545	Dolin	2,049	150,681
#14,549	Gammill	2,048	150,755
#14,558	McCardle	2,047	150,828

Who is named Kast

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

95% of people named Kast identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
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 Kast

Kast has the Soundex code K230, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K230.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kast come from?: * As a German surname, from Kast, a spelling variant of Karst, the dropping of the r being common in northern dialects, from the noun Karst (“hoe, mattock”). * As an Alemannic German surname, from the medieval personal name Arbogast. * See also the etymology at Gast.
How common is the surname Kast?: 2,048 people in the United States had the surname Kast in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 150,755 Americans. It ranked 14,549th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kast?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kast identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
How do you pronounce Kast?: Kast is /kæst/, one syllable.
Is the surname Kast getting more or less common?: More common. 1,978 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,048 in 2010, up 3.5%.