How common is the surname Keister?

4,560 people in the United States had the surname Keister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,707 Americans. It ranked 7,317th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Keister?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Keister getting more or less common?

More common. 3,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,560 in 2010, up 19%.

The surname Keister

A surname, carried by 4,560 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex K236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keister is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,560 people named Keister in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,707 Americans. That is up 19% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,824.

#7,317

rank among US surnames

4,560

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+19.2%

change since 2000 (was #8,005)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,311	Casale	4,563	67,663
#7,314	Struble	4,562	67,678
#7,315	Cofer	4,561	67,693
#7,317	Monte	4,560	67,707
#7,319	Raby	4,559	67,722
#7,320	Blades	4,558	67,737

Who is named Keister

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

96% of people named Keister identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Keister

Keister has the Soundex code K236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K236.

Questions

How common is the surname Keister?: 4,560 people in the United States had the surname Keister in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,707 Americans. It ranked 7,317th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Keister?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Keister identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Keister getting more or less common?: More common. 3,824 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,560 in 2010, up 19%.