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    The surname Keiffer

    A surname, carried by 1,251 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K160

    Keiffer: #21,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keiffer #21,019, 1,251 people Keiffer: #21,019 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keiffer #21,019, 1,251 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keiffer is more common than 87% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,251 people named Keiffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 246,799 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,132.

    #21,019
    rank among US surnames
    1,251
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +10.5%
    change since 2000 (was #21,510)

    Who is named Keiffer

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

    95% of people named Keiffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keiffer

    Keiffer 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 Keiffer?
    1,251 people in the United States had the surname Keiffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 246,799 Americans. It ranked 21,019th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keiffer?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Keiffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Keiffer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,251 in 2010, up 11%.