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    The surname Koester

    A surname, carried by 7,380 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K236

    Koester: #4,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Koester #4,789, 7,380 people Koester: #4,789 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Koester #4,789, 7,380 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koester is more common than 97% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 7,380 people named Koester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 41,835 Americans. That is up 4.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,036.

    #4,789
    rank among US surnames
    7,380
    people in 2010
    2.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.9%
    change since 2000 (was #4,609)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #4,780Moorman7,39941,728
    #4,781Pellegrino7,39841,734
    #4,782Jenks7,39641,745
    #4,783Desmond7,39541,751
    #4,784Gerlach7,39441,756
    #4,785McMichael7,39241,768
    #4,786Baskin7,38941,784

    Who is named Koester

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

    96% of people named Koester identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Koester

    Koester has the Soundex code K236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K236.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Koester?
    7,380 people in the United States had the surname Koester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 41,835 Americans. It ranked 4,789th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Koester?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Koester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Koester getting more or less common?
    More common. 7,036 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,380 in 2010, up 4.9%.