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    The surname Krist

    A surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex K623

    Krist: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Krist #23,899, 1,056 people Krist: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Krist #23,899, 1,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Krist is more common than 85.3% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,056 people named Krist in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is down 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,132.

    #23,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,056
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    -6.7%
    change since 2000 (was #21,510)

    Who is named Krist

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

    93% of people named Krist identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Krist

    Krist has the Soundex code K623, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K623.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Krist?
    1,056 people in the United States had the surname Krist in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Krist?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Krist identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Krist getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,132 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, down 6.7%.