How common is the surname Kayser?

3,454 people in the United States had the surname Kayser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. It ranked 9,415th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kayser?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kayser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kayser?

Carl Gangolf Kayser, Austrian architect (1837–1895).

Where is the surname Kayser most common?

Wikidata records people named Kayser in the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Kayser getting more or less common?

More common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,454 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Kayser

A surname, carried by 3,454 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kayser is more common than 94.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,454 people named Kayser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,391.

#9,415

rank among US surnames

3,454

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,875)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,407	Alverson	3,456	89,336
#9,412	Johannes	3,455	89,362
#9,415	Meisner	3,454	89,388
#9,418	Albino	3,453	89,414
#9,421	Stalker	3,452	89,440

Who is named Kayser

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

94% of people named Kayser identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kaysers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Carl Gangolf Kayser
Austrian architect (1837–1895)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kayser

Kayser has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

Questions

How common is the surname Kayser?: 3,454 people in the United States had the surname Kayser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 89,388 Americans. It ranked 9,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kayser?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kayser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kayser?: Carl Gangolf Kayser, Austrian architect (1837–1895).
Where is the surname Kayser most common?: Wikidata records people named Kayser in the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Kayser getting more or less common?: More common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,454 in 2010, up 1.9%.