How common is the surname Kissinger?

6,455 people in the United States had the surname Kissinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kissinger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kissinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kissinger?

Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to, followed by Nancy Kissinger.

Where is the surname Kissinger most common?

Wikidata records people named Kissinger in the United States.

How do you pronounce Kissinger?

Kissinger is /ˈkɪsənd͡ʒɚ/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Kissinger getting more or less common?

More common. 5,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Kissinger

A German surname, carried by 6,455 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈkɪsənd͡ʒɚ/ 3 syllables Soundex K252

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kissinger is more common than 96.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kissinger.

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 6,455 people named Kissinger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,292.

#5,390

rank among US surnames

6,455

people in 2010

2.2

per 100,000 Americans

+22%

change since 2000 (was #5,993)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,381	Rathbun	6,467	47,742
#5,382	Atherton	6,466	47,749
#5,383	Laing	6,465	47,756
#5,384	Pablo	6,462	47,779
#5,386	Witmer	6,461	47,786
#5,388	Rigby	6,458	47,808
#5,389	August	6,456	47,823

Who is named Kissinger

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

95% of people named Kissinger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kissingers

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Kissinger
American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to
Nancy Kissinger
American philanthropist (1934–2026)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kissinger

Kissinger has the Soundex code K252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K252.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kissinger come from?: Borrowed from German Kissinger.
How common is the surname Kissinger?: 6,455 people in the United States had the surname Kissinger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,830 Americans. It ranked 5,390th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kissinger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kissinger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kissinger?: Henry Kissinger, American diplomat and geopolitical advisor, served as U.S. Secretary of State from 1973 to, followed by Nancy Kissinger.
Where is the surname Kissinger most common?: Wikidata records people named Kissinger in the United States.
How do you pronounce Kissinger?: Kissinger is /ˈkɪsənd͡ʒɚ/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Kissinger getting more or less common?: More common. 5,292 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,455 in 2010, up 22%.