How common is the surname Kestler?

1,030 people in the United States had the surname Kestler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kestler?

In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Kestler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kestler getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, down 14%.

The surname Kestler

A surname, carried by 1,030 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kestler is more common than 85% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,030 people named Kestler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. That is down 14% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,199.

#24,339

rank among US surnames

1,030

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-14.1%

change since 2000 (was #20,556)

Who is named Kestler

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

87% of people named Kestler identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 87%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

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 Kestler

Kistler

Kestler has the Soundex code K234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K234.

Questions

How common is the surname Kestler?: 1,030 people in the United States had the surname Kestler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 299,753 Americans. It ranked 24,339th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kestler?: In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Kestler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kestler getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,199 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,030 in 2010, down 14%.