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    The surname Keyser

    A surname, carried by 7,978 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K260

    Keyser: #4,446 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Keyser #4,446, 7,978 people Keyser: #4,446 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Keyser #4,446, 7,978 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Keyser is more common than 97.3% of them.

    Origin

    From the Dutch surname, from keizer (“emperor”). Compare German Kaiser.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,978 people named Keyser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 38,700 Americans. That is up 4.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,636.

    #4,446
    rank among US surnames
    7,978
    people in 2010
    2.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.5%
    change since 2000 (was #4,297)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,437Goncalves8,00038,593
    #4,438Tremblay7,99638,612
    #4,439Tanaka7,99438,622
    #4,440Sisco7,99338,627
    #4,441Hendrick7,98838,651
    #4,442Weed7,98738,656
    #4,444Vaca7,98238,680

    Who is named Keyser

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

    94% of people named Keyser identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.0% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Keysers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nicaise de Keyser
      Belgian painter (1813-1887)
    • F. Ray Keyser
      American politician (1927–2015)

    Notable Keysers come mostly from Belgium (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Keyser

    Keyser has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Keyser come from?
    From the Dutch surname, from keizer (“emperor”). Compare German Kaiser.
    How common is the surname Keyser?
    7,978 people in the United States had the surname Keyser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 38,700 Americans. It ranked 4,446th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Keyser?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Keyser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Keyser?
    Nicaise de Keyser, Belgian painter (1813-1887), followed by F. Ray Keyser.
    Where is the surname Keyser most common?
    Wikidata records people named Keyser in Belgium and the United States.
    Is the surname Keyser getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,636 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,978 in 2010, up 4.5%.