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    The surname Kieffer

    A surname, carried by 6,656 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K160

    Kieffer: #5,241 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kieffer #5,241, 6,656 people Kieffer: #5,241 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kieffer #5,241, 6,656 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kieffer is more common than 96.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,656 people named Kieffer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,386 Americans. That is up 5.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,291.

    #5,241
    rank among US surnames
    6,656
    people in 2010
    2.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +5.8%
    change since 2000 (was #5,118)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,237Musgrove6,66046,358
    #5,238Boettcher6,65946,365
    #5,239Stowers6,65746,379
    #5,241Kieffer6,65646,386

    Who is named Kieffer

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

    94% of people named Kieffer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 94%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kieffers

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Charles Kieffer
      American rower (1910-1975)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kieffer

    Kieffer 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 Kieffer?
    6,656 people in the United States had the surname Kieffer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,386 Americans. It ranked 5,241st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kieffer?
    In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kieffer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Kieffer?
    Charles Kieffer, American rower (1910-1975).
    Where is the surname Kieffer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kieffer in the United States.
    Is the surname Kieffer getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,291 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,656 in 2010, up 5.8%.