How common is the surname Kuester?

1,890 people in the United States had the surname Kuester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,357 Americans. It ranked 15,494th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kuester?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kuester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Kuester?

John Kuester, American basketball player and coach.

Where is the surname Kuester most common?

Wikidata records people named Kuester in the United States.

Is the surname Kuester getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,890 in 2010, down 2.3%.

The surname Kuester

A surname, carried by 1,890 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kuester is more common than 90.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,890 people named Kuester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,357 Americans. That is down 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,935.

#15,494

rank among US surnames

1,890

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-2.3%

change since 2000 (was #14,226)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,494	Brogden	1,890	163,357
#15,499	Emert	1,889	163,444
#15,503	Shand	1,888	163,530

Who is named Kuester

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

97% of people named Kuester identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Kuesters

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Kuester
American basketball player and coach, born 1955

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kuester

Kuester 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 Kuester?: 1,890 people in the United States had the surname Kuester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,357 Americans. It ranked 15,494th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuester?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kuester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Kuester?: John Kuester, American basketball player and coach.
Where is the surname Kuester most common?: Wikidata records people named Kuester in the United States.
Is the surname Kuester getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,935 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,890 in 2010, down 2.3%.