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    The surname Kastner

    A surname, carried by 4,136 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /ˈkæst.nəɹ/ 2 syllables Soundex K235

    Kastner: #7,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kastner #7,997, 4,136 people Kastner: #7,997 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kastner #7,997, 4,136 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kastner is more common than 95.1% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,136 people named Kastner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,648 Americans. That is up 2.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,047.

    #7,997
    rank among US surnames
    4,136
    people in 2010
    1.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2.2%
    change since 2000 (was #7,578)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,988Norfleet4,13974,594
    #7,992Haws4,13874,612
    #7,995Willman4,13774,630
    #7,997McAnally4,13674,648
    #8,002Derose4,13574,666
    #8,003Karns4,13374,703
    #8,005Arcos4,13274,721

    Who is named Kastner

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

    92% of people named Kastner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as two or more races and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kastners

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Detlef Kästner
      Boxer, born 1958
    • Elliott Kastner
      American film producer (1930–2010)

    Notable Kastners come mostly from East Germany (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Kastner

    Kastner has the Soundex code K235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kastner?
    4,136 people in the United States had the surname Kastner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,648 Americans. It ranked 7,997th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kastner?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kastner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as two or more races.
    Who is the most famous person named Kastner?
    Detlef Kästner, boxer, followed by Elliott Kastner.
    Where is the surname Kastner most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kastner in East Germany and the United States.
    How do you pronounce Kastner?
    Kastner is /ˈkæst.nəɹ/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Kastner getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,047 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,136 in 2010, up 2.2%.