How common is the surname Kistler?

6,742 people in the United States had the surname Kistler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,794 Americans. It ranked 5,185th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kistler?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kistler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kistler?

Steven Kistler, American chemical engineer (1900–1975).

Where is the surname Kistler most common?

Wikidata records people named Kistler in the United States.

Is the surname Kistler getting more or less common?

More common. 5,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,742 in 2010, up 21%.

The surname Kistler

A surname, carried by 6,742 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K234

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kistler is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,742 people named Kistler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,794 Americans. That is up 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,574.

#5,185

rank among US surnames

6,742

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+21%

change since 2000 (was #5,705)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,179	Kidder	6,746	45,767
#5,182	Fulcher	6,745	45,774
#5,184	McMaster	6,744	45,781
#5,185	Roeder	6,742	45,794

Who is named Kistler

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

96% of people named Kistler identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kistlers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Steven Kistler
American chemical engineer (1900–1975)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kistler

Kestler

Kistler has the Soundex code K234, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K234.

Questions

How common is the surname Kistler?: 6,742 people in the United States had the surname Kistler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,794 Americans. It ranked 5,185th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kistler?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kistler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kistler?: Steven Kistler, American chemical engineer (1900–1975).
Where is the surname Kistler most common?: Wikidata records people named Kistler in the United States.
Is the surname Kistler getting more or less common?: More common. 5,574 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,742 in 2010, up 21%.