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    The surname Kyser

    A Dutch surname, carried by 3,056 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K260

    Kyser: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kyser #10,499, 3,056 people Kyser: #10,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kyser #10,499, 3,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kyser is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    Borrowed from Dutch or German Kyser.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,056 people named Kyser in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. That is down 1.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,111.

    #10,499
    rank among US surnames
    3,056
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,585)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,491Garth3,059100,930
    #10,498Chatfield3,057100,996
    #10,499Fulbright3,056101,029
    #10,505Zeno3,055101,062

    Who is named Kyser

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

    77% of people named Kyser identified as white (not Hispanic), 18% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 18%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Kysers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Kay Kyser
      American bandleader, actor (1905-1985)
    • Michale Kyser
      American basketball player (born 1991)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Kyzar

    Surnames that sound like Kyser

    Kyser has the Soundex code K260, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K260.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kyser come from?
    Borrowed from Dutch or German Kyser.
    How common is the surname Kyser?
    3,056 people in the United States had the surname Kyser in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 101,029 Americans. It ranked 10,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kyser?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Kyser identified as white (not Hispanic), and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Kyser?
    Kay Kyser, American bandleader, actor (1905-1985), followed by Michale Kyser.
    Where is the surname Kyser most common?
    Wikidata records people named Kyser in the United States.
    Is the surname Kyser getting more or less common?
    Less common. 3,111 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,056 in 2010, down 1.8%.
    What are other spellings of Kyser?
    Kyzar.