How common is the surname Keesling?

1,082 people in the United States had the surname Keesling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keesling?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keesling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Keesling getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 19%.

The surname Keesling

A German surname, carried by 1,082 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K245

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keesling is more common than 85.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

Variant of Kiessling.

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 1,082 people named Keesling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. That is down 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,340.

#23,485

rank among US surnames

1,082

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-19.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,870)

Who is named Keesling

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

94% of people named Keesling identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keesling

Keesling has the Soundex code K245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K245.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Keesling come from?: Variant of Kiessling.
How common is the surname Keesling?: 1,082 people in the United States had the surname Keesling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 285,347 Americans. It ranked 23,485th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keesling?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keesling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Keesling getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,340 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,082 in 2010, down 19%.