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The surname Kissner

A surname, carried by 1,116 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K256

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kissner is more common than 85.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,116 people named Kissner in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,028.

#22,924
rank among US surnames
1,116
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+8.6%
change since 2000 (was #23,167)

Who is named Kissner

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

96% of people named Kissner identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 96%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kissners

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

  • Jeremy James Kissner
    Actor, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kissner

Kissner 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 Kissner?
1,116 people in the United States had the surname Kissner in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,654 Americans. It ranked 22,924th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kissner?
In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kissner identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kissner?
Jeremy James Kissner, actor.
Where is the surname Kissner most common?
Wikidata records people named Kissner in the United States.
Is the surname Kissner getting more or less common?
More common. 1,028 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,116 in 2010, up 8.6%.