How rare is the last name Kiefer?

10,420 people in the United States have the last name Kiefer, about 1 in 28,685. It ranks #3,362 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

last name

KIEFER

#3,362

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
10,420
About
1 in 28,685
This common or more
53.9%
Who bears it

Of the 10,420 people with the last name Kiefer, 92.6% reported their origin as White, 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Kiefer

1 other last name also has 10,420 people.

#3,362 Dunaway · 10,420

Either side of Kiefer

#3,361 Drury · 10,427#3,362 Dunaway · 10,420#3,364 Camarillo · 10,408#3,364 Malcolm · 10,408

Spelled almost the same

6 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Kiefer, most common first.

#5,353 Kieffer · 6,288#18,073 Kifer · 1,521#39,225 Kipfer · 606#50,074 Kieper · 452#86,153 Kiffer · 233#136,082 Kieber · 128

Also a first name

As a first name, Kiefer ranks #8,091 of 53,615, with 1,816 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1991, with 204 births. See Kiefer as a first name

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