How common is the surname Nester?

5,847 people in the United States had the surname Nester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,804 Americans. It ranked 5,903rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nester?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nester getting more or less common?

More common. 5,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,847 in 2010, up 5.9%.

The surname Nester

A surname, carried by 5,847 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N236

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nester is more common than 96.4% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,847 people named Nester in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,804 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,519.

#5,903

rank among US surnames

5,847

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,749)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,897	Bogle	5,851	52,768
#5,900	Kibler	5,849	52,786
#5,901	Grimsley	5,848	52,795
#5,903	Gudino	5,847	52,804
#5,905	Seale	5,846	52,813

Who is named Nester

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

95% of people named Nester identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nester

Nestor

Nester has the Soundex code N236, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N236.

Questions

How common is the surname Nester?: 5,847 people in the United States had the surname Nester in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,804 Americans. It ranked 5,903rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nester?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nester identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nester getting more or less common?: More common. 5,519 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,847 in 2010, up 5.9%.