How common is the surname Kies?

1,586 people in the United States had the surname Kies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kies?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kies?

Margaret Lindsay, American actress (1910-1981).

Where is the surname Kies most common?

Wikidata records people named Kies in the United States.

Is the surname Kies getting more or less common?

More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 3.0%.

The surname Kies

A surname, carried by 1,586 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kies is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,586 people named Kies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. That is up 3.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,540.

#17,691

rank among US surnames

1,586

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3%

change since 2000 (was #17,001)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,682	Najjar	1,587	194,547
#17,691	Pangburn	1,586	194,669
#17,699	Orwig	1,585	194,792

Who is named Kies

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

94% of people named Kies identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kiess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Lindsay
American actress (1910-1981)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kies

Kies has the Soundex code K200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K200.

Questions

How common is the surname Kies?: 1,586 people in the United States had the surname Kies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 194,669 Americans. It ranked 17,691st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kies?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kies?: Margaret Lindsay, American actress (1910-1981).
Where is the surname Kies most common?: Wikidata records people named Kies in the United States.
Is the surname Kies getting more or less common?: More common. 1,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,586 in 2010, up 3.0%.