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    The surname Ker

    A surname, carried by 753 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K600

    Ker: #30,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Ker #30,889, 753 people Ker: #30,889 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Ker #30,889, 753 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ker is more common than 81% of them.

    Origin

    * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Carr. * As a Hungarian surname, from Kér, name of a medieval Magyar tribe. * As a Chinese surname, romanized from 寇 (kòu); compare Kou. * Also as a Chinese surname, from 柯 (kē) (compare Ke) and 葛 (compare Ge). * Also as a Chinese surname, from 郭 (guō), compare Guo.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 753 people named Ker in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 410,021 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 620.

    #30,889
    rank among US surnames
    753
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +21.5%
    change since 2000 (was #34,554)

    Who is named Ker

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

    62% of people named Ker identified as white (not Hispanic), 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 5.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 62%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 27%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Ker

    Ker has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Ker come from?
    * As an English and Scottish surname, variant of Carr. * As a Hungarian surname, from Kér, name of a medieval Magyar tribe. * As a Chinese surname, romanized from 寇 (kòu); compare Kou. * Also as a Chinese surname, from 柯 (kē) (compare Ke) and 葛 (compare Ge). * Also as a Chinese surname, from 郭…
    How common is the surname Ker?
    753 people in the United States had the surname Ker in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 410,021 Americans. It ranked 30,889th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Ker?
    In the 2010 Census, 62% of people named Ker identified as white (not Hispanic), and 27% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Ker getting more or less common?
    More common. 620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 753 in 2010, up 22%.