How common is the surname Kisner?

3,405 people in the United States had the surname Kisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. It ranked 9,548th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Kisner getting more or less common?

More common. 3,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,405 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Kisner

A surname, carried by 3,405 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K256

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kisner is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,405 people named Kisner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,268.

#9,548

rank among US surnames

3,405

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #9,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594
#9,544	Harsh	3,407	90,621
#9,547	Bose	3,406	90,648
#9,548	Arney	3,405	90,674
#9,551	Obando	3,404	90,701
#9,552	Heinemann	3,403	90,727
#9,557	Lampley	3,402	90,754

Who is named Kisner

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

94% of people named Kisner identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kisner

Kisner has the Soundex code K256, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K256.

Questions

How common is the surname Kisner?: 3,405 people in the United States had the surname Kisner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,674 Americans. It ranked 9,548th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kisner?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Kisner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Kisner getting more or less common?: More common. 3,268 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,405 in 2010, up 4.2%.