How common is the surname Kuster?

1,963 people in the United States had the surname Kuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. It ranked 15,048th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kuster?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kuster getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,963 in 2010, down 2.8%.

The surname Kuster

A surname, carried by 1,963 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). Kuster is more common than 90.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,963 people named Kuster in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,019.

#15,048

rank among US surnames

1,963

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,759)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#15,043	Gerow	1,964	157,202
#15,048	Premo	1,963	157,282
#15,052	Linger	1,962	157,363
#15,056	Goetsch	1,961	157,443

Who is named Kuster

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

95% of people named Kuster identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kuster

Kuster 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 Kuster?: 1,963 people in the United States had the surname Kuster in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 157,282 Americans. It ranked 15,048th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kuster?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Kuster identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kuster getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,963 in 2010, down 2.8%.