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The KESTNER surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 2,230 12716 0.001 8
United States (1880 census) 410 11271 0.001 8
Change since 1880 +1820 -1445 0 0
Other Countries
Australia 2 242349 0 0
United Kingdom 15 29552 0 0
Top States for KESTNER by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 441 2113 0.006 62
Ohio 204 6738 0.002 18
Tennessee 165 4265 0.003 29
Pennsylvania 128 11764 0.001 10
Illinois 112 11953 0.001 9
Top States for KESTNER by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
Virginia 441 2113 0.006 62
West Virginia 54 3612 0.003 30
Tennessee 165 4265 0.003 29
Kentucky 109 4212 0.003 27
Ohio 204 6738 0.002 18

Notes

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called KESTNER live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called KESTNER represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called KESTNER in Virginia than any other state, but you are more likely to find a KESTNER by picking someone at random in Virginia than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of KESTNER

Region of origin: Europe

Country of origin: Germany

Language of origin: German

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the KESTNER surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of KESTNER in the USA

Classification Total Percent
Mixed Race 18 0.81
White (Hispanic) 18 0.81
Asian/Pacific 7 0.31
White (Caucasian) 2,177 97.62
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan Less than 100 Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the KESTNER surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Meaning of KESTNER in historical publications

Sorry, we don't have any information on the meaning of KESTNER.

Similar names to KESTNER

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as KESTNER.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.

Matches are generated automatically by a combination of Soundex, Metaphone and Levenshtein matching.

Potential typos for KESTNER

The following words are slight variants of KESTNER that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.