How common is the surname Kester?

7,237 people in the United States had the surname Kester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,662 Americans. It ranked 4,870th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kester?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kester getting more or less common?

More common. 6,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,237 in 2010, up 11%.

Is Kester also a first name?

Yes. Kester is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Kester

A surname, carried by 7,237 people in the United States.

2 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). Kester is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,237 people named Kester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,662 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,543.

#4,870

rank among US surnames

7,237

people in 2010

2.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.6%

change since 2000 (was #4,935)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,866	Sachs	7,248	42,597
#4,867	Guan	7,247	42,603
#4,868	Molloy	7,238	42,656
#4,870	Kester	7,237	42,662
#4,871	Harwell	7,234	42,680

Who is named Kester

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

94% of people named Kester identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
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 Kester

Kester 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 Kester?: 7,237 people in the United States had the surname Kester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,662 Americans. It ranked 4,870th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kester?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kester getting more or less common?: More common. 6,543 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,237 in 2010, up 11%.
Is Kester also a first name?: Yes. Kester is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.