How common is the surname Kerstetter?

2,721 people in the United States had the surname Kerstetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,468 Americans. It ranked 11,553rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kerstetter?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kerstetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kerstetter getting more or less common?

More common. 2,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,721 in 2010, up 4.3%.

The surname Kerstetter

A surname, carried by 2,721 people in the United States.

3 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). Kerstetter is more common than 92.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,721 people named Kerstetter in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 113,468 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,610.

#11,553

rank among US surnames

2,721

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+4.3%

change since 2000 (was #11,150)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,550	Comerford	2,722	113,426
#11,553	Stice	2,721	113,468
#11,555	Rall	2,720	113,509
#11,560	Lupton	2,719	113,551

Who is named Kerstetter

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

96% of people named Kerstetter identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

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 Kerstetter

Kerstetter 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 Kerstetter?: 2,721 people in the United States had the surname Kerstetter in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 113,468 Americans. It ranked 11,553rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kerstetter?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kerstetter identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kerstetter getting more or less common?: More common. 2,610 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,721 in 2010, up 4.3%.