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The Keiser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,348 people carried this name — #4,809 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,200 people counted. That is up 8% from 6,822 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Keiser surname

From the Dutch and German surname, spelling variant of Keyser and Kaiser.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Keiser» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,464 people named Keiser live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zug.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zug 287
Nidwalden 213
Lucerne 199
Zurich 185
Aargau 122
Bern 71
St. Gallen 65
Solothurn 40

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 154 people named Keiser.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 21 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 36
Meurthe-et-Moselle 32
Paris 18
Moselle 16
Haut-Rhin 9
Marne 8
Haute-Saône 4
Rhône 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 37 people named Keiser live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chaco.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Chaco 19
Buenos Aires Province 18

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In print

Keiser in American newspapers,
1910–1929.

Newspaper page from The Ronan Pioneer carrying the name Keiser
The Ronan Pioneer 1929-08-01
Newspaper page from The Poplar Standard carrying the name Keiser
The Poplar Standard 1929-08-01
Newspaper page from The Greenville Times carrying the name Keiser
The Greenville Times 1910-09-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 30,180 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Keiser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Gerhardt Keiser 1637–1669 · official
  • Georg Keiser 1647–1736 · gunsmith
  • Reinhard Keiser 1674–1739 · composer
  • Johannes Keiser 1708–1748
  • Johann Martin Christian Keiser 1750–1821
  • J.H. Keiser 1760–1827

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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