Explore the Family Name Kesting

The meaning of Kesting

North German and Dutch: variant of Kersting, a patronymic from the personal name Christianus (see Christian). Some characteristic forenames: German Urs, Walther.

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How common is the last name Kesting in the United States?

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Kesting has seen a slight increase in popularity over the years. In the year 2000, it ranked 61,855 and then moved up to 64,054 in 2010, though this did result in a -3.56% change in rank. The count of individuals with this surname also experienced an increment from 303 in 2000 to 311 in 2010, marking a 2.64% increase. However, the proportion per 100k population remained consistent at 0.11 in both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#61,855	#64,054	-3.56%
Count	303	311	2.64%
Proportion per 100k	0.11	0.11	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kesting

Moving on to ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that there has been a marginal shift in the ethnic identity associated with the Kesting surname. Predominantly, individuals with this name identified as White, accounting for 96.37% of the total in 2000, which slightly decreased to 94.53% in 2010. Those identifying as Hispanic saw a rise from 1.98% in 2000 to 2.25% in 2010, highlighting a 13.64% change. Interestingly, in 2010, the data reflects the presence of individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander within the Kesting surname bearers, making up 1.93% of the total. There was no record of individuals identifying as Black, two or more races, or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either census year for this surname.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.37%	94.53%	-1.91%
Hispanic	1.98%	2.25%	13.64%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.93%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%