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    The surname Kesler

    A surname, carried by 6,704 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex K246

    Kesler: #5,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kesler #5,210, 6,704 people Kesler: #5,210 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kesler #5,210, 6,704 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kesler is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,704 people named Kesler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,054 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,919.

    #5,210
    rank among US surnames
    6,704
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +13.3%
    change since 2000 (was #5,416)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,201Orton6,72045,944
    #5,202Fife6,71945,951
    #5,203Farah6,71845,958
    #5,204Farkas6,71445,985
    #5,206Lash6,71245,999
    #5,208Schnell6,70846,026
    #5,209Arena6,70646,040

    Who is named Kesler

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

    93% of people named Kesler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kesler

    Kesler has the Soundex code K246, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K246.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kesler?
    6,704 people in the United States had the surname Kesler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,054 Americans. It ranked 5,210th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kesler?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kesler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Kesler getting more or less common?
    More common. 5,919 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,704 in 2010, up 13%.