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

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'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.

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.