How common is the surname Keiser?

7,348 people in the United States had the surname Keiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,018 Americans. It ranked 4,809th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keiser?

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

Who is the most famous person named Keiser?

Max Keiser, American-Salvadoran broadcaster, followed by Laurence B. Keiser.

Where is the surname Keiser most common?

Wikidata records people named Keiser in El Salvador and the United States.

Is the surname Keiser getting more or less common?

More common. 6,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,348 in 2010, up 7.7%.

The surname Keiser

A surname, carried by 7,348 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K260

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keiser is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

From the Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Keyser and Kaiser.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,348 people named Keiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,018 Americans. That is up 7.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,822.

#4,809

rank among US surnames

7,348

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+7.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,800	Pinson	7,362	41,938
#4,801	Sung	7,360	41,949
#4,802	Spooner	7,359	41,955
#4,804	Irons	7,358	41,961
#4,805	McKeown	7,357	41,966
#4,806	Spradlin	7,356	41,972
#4,807	Pettis	7,354	41,983

Who is named Keiser

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

94% of people named Keiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Keisers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Max Keiser
American-Salvadoran broadcaster, born 1960
Laurence B. Keiser
American general (1895-1969)

Notable Keisers come mostly from El Salvador (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keiser

Keiser has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

Questions

Where does the surname Keiser come from?: From the Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Keyser and Kaiser.
How common is the surname Keiser?: 7,348 people in the United States had the surname Keiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,018 Americans. It ranked 4,809th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keiser?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Keiser?: Max Keiser, American-Salvadoran broadcaster, followed by Laurence B. Keiser.
Where is the surname Keiser most common?: Wikidata records people named Keiser in El Salvador and the United States.
Is the surname Keiser getting more or less common?: More common. 6,822 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,348 in 2010, up 7.7%.