Kaiser (surname)

Kaiser is a surname derived from the German imperial title Kaiser (English: emperor). The title Kaiser is in turn derived from the Latin title Caesar, which again is a derivation from the personal name of a branch of the gens (clan) Julia, to which belonged Gaius Julius Caesar, the forebear of the first Roman imperial family. The further etymology is unclear.

The name is not especially frequent (ca. 0.05% in Germany), but it is still ranked 41st in Germany as of 2000).[1] Regions in Germany where it is more frequent are central Germany and the southern half of the Black Forest area, and to a lesser extent Southern Germany.[2] It is also used in Austria and the Czech Republic.

Variation spellings rooted in the Kaiser surname are Kayser, Keiser, Kiser, and Kyser. Dutch cognates of the surname include Keizer, (De) Keijzer, (De) Keyser, and Dekeyser.

Notable people with the surname Kaiser

Max Keiser Timothy Maxwell "Max" Keiser (born January 23, 1960), American broadcaster and film maker.
A. Dale Kaiser (born 1927), American molecular biologist
Frederik Kaiser (1808–1872), Dutch astronomer
Gabriele Kaiser (active since 1997), German mathematics educator
Georg Kaiser (1878–1945), German expressionist playwright
George Kaiser (born 1942), American businessman
Glenn Kaiser (born 1953), American blues musician
Henry J. Kaiser (1882–1967), American industrialist
Henry Kaiser (musician) (b. 1952), American musician
Jack Kaiser (born 1926), American baseball player, coach, and athletic director
James Kaiser (born 1929), American electrical engineer
John Anthony Kaiser (1932–2000), American Roman Catholic priest
Joseph Kaiser (active since 2005), Canadian opera singer
Kajetan Georg von Kaiser (1803–1871), German chemist
Kyle Kaiser (born 1996), American racing driver
Ken Kaiser (1945–2017), American Major League Baseball umpire
Oldřich Kaiser (born 1955), Czech comedy actor
Philip Mayer Kaiser (1913–2007), United States diplomat
Reinhard Keiser (1674–1739), German composer
Robert Blair Kaiser (1831–2015), American writer and journalist
Robert G. Kaiser (born 1943), American journalist of The Washington Post
Roland Kaiser (born 1952), German musician
Roland Kaiser (actor) (1943–1998), German actor
Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser (born 1943), German record producer
Rudolf Kaiser (1922–1991), German sailplane designer
Stien Kaiser (born 1938), Dutch speed skater
Tim Kaiser, American television producer
Walter Kaiser Jr. (born 1933), American biblical scholar

References

Doerling, Peter. "Die häufigsten 100 Nachnamen in Deutschland" [The 100 most frequent surnames in Germany] (in German). Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2010.
"Relative Verteilung des Namens 'Kaiser'" [Relative distribution of the name 'Kaiser']. www.verwandt.de/karten (in German). Hamburg (Germany) resp. London (UK): OSN Online Social Networking GmbH resp. MyHeritage (UK) Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

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[1] Doerling, Peter. "Die häufigsten 100 Nachnamen in Deutschland" [The 100 most frequent surnames in Germany] (in German). Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2010.

[2] "Relative Verteilung des Namens 'Kaiser'" [Relative distribution of the name 'Kaiser']. www.verwandt.de/karten (in German). Hamburg (Germany) resp. London (UK): OSN Online Social Networking GmbH resp. MyHeritage (UK) Ltd. 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2010.