How common is the surname Kiefer?

11,141 people in the United States had the surname Kiefer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,713 Americans. It ranked 3,240th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kiefer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kiefer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kiefer?

Lee Kiefer, American female foil fencer, followed by Adolph Kiefer.

Where is the surname Kiefer most common?

Wikidata records people named Kiefer in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Kiefer getting more or less common?

More common. 10,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,141 in 2010, up 3.6%.

The surname Kiefer

A surname, carried by 11,141 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K160

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kiefer is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 11,141 people named Kiefer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 27,713 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,756.

#3,240

rank among US surnames

11,141

people in 2010

3.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,087)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,231	South	11,178	27,621
#3,232	Kopp	11,175	27,628
#3,233	Snowden	11,171	27,638
#3,234	Martell	11,158	27,670
#3,236	Boyles	11,156	27,675
#3,237	Camarena	11,154	27,680
#3,238	Moe	11,150	27,690

Who is named Kiefer

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

95% of people named Kiefer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kiefers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lee Kiefer
American female foil fencer, born 1994
Adolph Kiefer
American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, businessman, chief executive officer (1918–2017)
Thomas Kiefer
American rower, born 1958
Severin Kiefer
Austrian pair skater, born 1990

Notable Kiefers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kiefer

Kiefer has the Soundex code K160, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K160.

Questions

How common is the surname Kiefer?: 11,141 people in the United States had the surname Kiefer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 27,713 Americans. It ranked 3,240th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kiefer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kiefer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kiefer?: Lee Kiefer, American female foil fencer, followed by Adolph Kiefer.
Where is the surname Kiefer most common?: Wikidata records people named Kiefer in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Kiefer getting more or less common?: More common. 10,756 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,141 in 2010, up 3.6%.