The surname Kiesling
A German surname, carried by 1,758 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K245
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Kiesling, from Middle High German kiselinc, a derivative of Old High German kisil (“pebble”) (compare Modern German Kiesel).
One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,758 people named Kiesling in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,487.
Who is named Kiesling
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
94% of people named Kiesling identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 94%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
- Two or more races 1.4%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Kiesling has the Soundex code K245, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K245.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kiesling come from?
- Borrowed from German Kiesling, from Middle High German kiselinc, a derivative of Old High German kisil (“pebble”) (compare Modern German Kiesel).
- How common is the surname Kiesling?
- 1,758 people in the United States had the surname Kiesling in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,623 Americans. It ranked 16,376th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kiesling?
- In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kiesling identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Kiesling getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,487 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,758 in 2010, up 18%.