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    The surname Keesler

    A surname, carried by 1,824 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K246

    Keesler: #15,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keesler #15,931, 1,824 people Keesler: #15,931 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keesler #15,931, 1,824 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keesler is more common than 90.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,824 people named Keesler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 169,268 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,622.

    #15,931
    rank among US surnames
    1,824
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.5%
    change since 2000 (was #16,349)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,922Hayter1,825169,176
    #15,931Murch1,824169,268
    #15,938Allyn1,823169,361

    Who is named Keesler

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

    95% of people named Keesler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as two or more races and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keesler

    Keesler has the Soundex code K246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Keesler?
    1,824 people in the United States had the surname Keesler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 169,268 Americans. It ranked 15,931st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keesler?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keesler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Keesler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,622 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,824 in 2010, up 13%.