How common is the surname Kays?

2,863 people in the United States had the surname Kays in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. It ranked 11,086th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kays?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kays identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kays getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,863 in 2010, down 0.6%.

The surname Kays

A surname, carried by 2,863 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kays is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,863 people named Kays in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. That is down 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,879.

#11,086

rank among US surnames

2,863

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-0.6%

change since 2000 (was #10,261)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802
#11,086	Mauck	2,863	107,840
#11,092	Mounce	2,862	107,878
#11,095	Loewen	2,861	107,915

Who is named Kays

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

95% of people named Kays identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kays

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

Questions

How common is the surname Kays?: 2,863 people in the United States had the surname Kays in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,840 Americans. It ranked 11,086th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kays?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kays identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kays getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,879 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,863 in 2010, down 0.6%.