The Kizer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,116 people carried this name — #6,621 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,892 in 2000.

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In Poland’s population register

21 people named Kizer have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 37 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 4 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Lesser Poland.

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

Where they live today

Lesser Poland 7
Masovian 6
Pomeranian 6
Greater Poland 2

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Kizer was counted together with Keyser: 129 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 712 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Keyser, Kaiser, Kaisor, Kayser, Keiser, Keisser, Keysar, Kiaser, Kiesser, Kioser, Kisear, Kiser, Kisor, Kizer, Kizier, Kizor, Kysar, Kyser, Kysor, Kyzer. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 83
New York 22
Virginia 11
Maryland 4
South Carolina 4
North Carolina 3
Maine 1
New Hampshire 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 248 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Kizer in American newspapers,
1894–1913.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Kizer
Fergus County Argus 1895-10-03
Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Kizer
The Scranton Tribune 1894-08-28
Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name Kizer
The Citizen 1913-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,136 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Kizer in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1950s.

26 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kizer. The most, 12, date from the 1950s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 13
Queensland 9
South Australia 3
Victoria 1

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Kizer.

Who carried it

People named Kizer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carolyn Kizer
    Carolyn Kizer 1925–2014 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kizer,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States306 records

306 records of the Kizer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl Sanford Kizer

    Born 1940; from Scranton, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Homer M. Kizer

    Born 1915 in Indiana. Enlisted 1941 at Portland, Oregon; driver from Washington County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1958, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jorgen Kizer

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Oceanic from Liverpool, aged 17; servant. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 306 records for Kizer in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada49 records

49 records of the Kizer name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 48
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Catherine Kizer

    Died 1873 in Windsor Road, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Frank Kizer

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Samuel Kizer

    Married 1908 in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 49 records for Kizer in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Kizer name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Maisie Jean Kizer

    Of Footscray, Victoria; died 1991.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Germany1 record

1 record of the Kizer name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Franz Kizer

    From Chorzempowo, Birnbaum. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 15 June 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 219).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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