How common is the surname Keifer?

2,309 people in the United States had the surname Keifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,714 Americans. It ranked 13,230th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keifer?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Keifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Keifer getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,309 in 2010, down 7.6%.

The surname Keifer

A surname, carried by 2,309 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keifer is more common than 91.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,309 people named Keifer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,714 Americans. That is down 7.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,499.

#13,230

rank among US surnames

2,309

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

-7.6%

change since 2000 (was #11,538)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,221	Vanvalkenburg	2,311	133,598
#13,226	Mance	2,310	133,656
#13,230	Prindle	2,309	133,714
#13,233	Ester	2,308	133,772
#13,236	Banton	2,307	133,830

Who is named Keifer

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

93% of people named Keifer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keifer

Keifer has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

Questions

How common is the surname Keifer?: 2,309 people in the United States had the surname Keifer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,714 Americans. It ranked 13,230th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keifer?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Keifer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Keifer getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,309 in 2010, down 7.6%.