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    The surname Kestner

    A surname, carried by 2,358 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K235

    Kestner: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kestner #13,023, 2,358 people Kestner: #13,023 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kestner #13,023, 2,358 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kestner is more common than 92% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,358 people named Kestner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. That is up 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,230.

    #13,023
    rank among US surnames
    2,358
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.7%
    change since 2000 (was #12,716)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,023Knutsen2,358130,935
    #13,029Arvin2,357130,991

    Who is named Kestner

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

    97% of people named Kestner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kestner

    Kestner has the Soundex code K235, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K235.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kestner?
    2,358 people in the United States had the surname Kestner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,935 Americans. It ranked 13,023rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kestner?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kestner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kestner getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,230 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,358 in 2010, up 5.7%.