How common is the surname Kreiser?

1,593 people in the United States had the surname Kreiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kreiser?

In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kreiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kreiser getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, down 1.7%.

The surname Kreiser

A surname, carried by 1,593 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K626

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kreiser is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,593 people named Kreiser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. That is down 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,620.

#17,639

rank among US surnames

1,593

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-1.7%

change since 2000 (was #16,368)

Who is named Kreiser

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

98% of people named Kreiser identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 98%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.2%
Two or more races 0.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kreiser

Kreiser has the Soundex code K626, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K626.

Questions

How common is the surname Kreiser?: 1,593 people in the United States had the surname Kreiser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 193,814 Americans. It ranked 17,639th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kreiser?: In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Kreiser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kreiser getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,620 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,593 in 2010, down 1.7%.