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    The surname Kirst

    A surname, carried by 1,663 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K623

    Kirst: #17,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kirst #17,072, 1,663 people Kirst: #17,072 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kirst #17,072, 1,663 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kirst is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,663 people named Kirst in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. That is up 55% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,072.

    #17,072
    rank among US surnames
    1,663
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +55.1%
    change since 2000 (was #22,403)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,063Lasko1,664185,544
    #17,072Flinchum1,663185,656
    #17,080Wile1,662185,767

    Who is named Kirst

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

    91% of people named Kirst identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kirst

    Kirst has the Soundex code K623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kirst?
    1,663 people in the United States had the surname Kirst in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,656 Americans. It ranked 17,072nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kirst?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Kirst identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Kirst getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,072 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,663 in 2010, up 55%.