How common is the surname Kersten?

3,669 people in the United States had the surname Kersten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kersten?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kersten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kersten?

Sam Kersten, association football player, followed by Ben Kersten.

Where is the surname Kersten most common?

Wikidata records people named Kersten in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Australia and the United States.

Is the surname Kersten getting more or less common?

More common. 3,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 17%.

The surname Kersten

A surname, carried by 3,669 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K623

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kersten is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,669 people named Kersten in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. That is up 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,132.

#8,920

rank among US surnames

3,669

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+17.1%

change since 2000 (was #9,520)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,914	Sloane	3,673	84,058
#8,916	Scheller	3,672	84,081
#8,917	Freer	3,671	84,104
#8,920	Kersten	3,669	84,150
#8,923	Klingler	3,668	84,173
#8,925	Epley	3,667	84,196

Who is named Kersten

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

96% of people named Kersten identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kerstens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Sam Kersten
Association football player, born 1998
Ben Kersten
Australian racing cyclist, born 1981
Charles J. Kersten
American politician (1902-1972)

Notable Kerstens come mostly from Kingdom of the Netherlands (1), Australia (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kersten

Kersten has the Soundex code K623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K623.

Questions

How common is the surname Kersten?: 3,669 people in the United States had the surname Kersten in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,150 Americans. It ranked 8,920th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kersten?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kersten identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kersten?: Sam Kersten, association football player, followed by Ben Kersten.
Where is the surname Kersten most common?: Wikidata records people named Kersten in Kingdom of the Netherlands, Australia and the United States.
Is the surname Kersten getting more or less common?: More common. 3,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,669 in 2010, up 17%.