Kester Family History
Kester Name Meaning
Perhaps Dutch: see Keister.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kester Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kester families
 84 - 166  29 - 83 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kester families
|
40 - 78 14 - 39 |
1 - 13 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kester last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kester census records
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Kester Family Origin
Kester Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kester
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Kester Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kester census records
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Kester Civil War Service Records
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