How common is the surname Kier?

2,780 people in the United States had the surname Kier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,060 Americans. It ranked 11,348th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kier getting more or less common?

More common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,780 in 2010, up 42%.

The surname Kier

A surname, carried by 2,780 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kier is more common than 93% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,780 people named Kier in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 111,060 Americans. That is up 42% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,954.

#11,348

rank among US surnames

2,780

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+42.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,127)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,339	Platz	2,783	110,940
#11,341	Greenstein	2,782	110,980
#11,343	Asberry	2,781	111,020
#11,348	Aubuchon	2,780	111,060
#11,354	Carmon	2,779	111,100
#11,355	Summer	2,778	111,140

Who is named Kier

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

82% of people named Kier identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 82%
Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
Two or more races 2.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kier

Kier has the Soundex code K600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K600.

Questions

How common is the surname Kier?: 2,780 people in the United States had the surname Kier in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 111,060 Americans. It ranked 11,348th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kier?: In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Kier identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kier getting more or less common?: More common. 1,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,780 in 2010, up 42%.