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    The surname Kegler

    A German surname, carried by 2,179 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K246

    Kegler: #13,867 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kegler #13,867, 2,179 people Kegler: #13,867 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kegler #13,867, 2,179 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kegler is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Kegler.

    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 2,179 people named Kegler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,691 Americans. That is up 52% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,432.

    #13,867
    rank among US surnames
    2,179
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +52.2%
    change since 2000 (was #17,980)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,862Driggs2,180141,626
    #13,867Flock2,179141,691
    #13,871Seman2,178141,756
    #13,874Hymes2,177141,822

    Who is named Kegler

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

    60% of people named Kegler identified as white (not Hispanic), 36% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 60%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 2.0%
    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

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kaigler

    Surnames that sound like Kegler

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kegler come from?
    Borrowed from German Kegler.
    How common is the surname Kegler?
    2,179 people in the United States had the surname Kegler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,691 Americans. It ranked 13,867th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kegler?
    In the 2010 Census, 60% of people named Kegler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 36% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kegler getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,432 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,179 in 2010, up 52%.
    What are other spellings of Kegler?
    Kaigler.