How common is the surname Balzer?

2,869 people in the United States had the surname Balzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. It ranked 11,073rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Balzer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Balzer getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,869 in 2010, down 1.0%.

The surname Balzer

A surname, carried by 2,869 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex B426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Balzer is more common than 93.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,869 people named Balzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. That is down 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,897.

#11,073

rank among US surnames

2,869

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

-1%

change since 2000 (was #10,208)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,066	Shuford	2,871	107,539
#11,069	Eanes	2,870	107,577
#11,073	Kappel	2,869	107,614
#11,076	Kiely	2,868	107,652
#11,078	Thielen	2,867	107,689
#11,079	Leber	2,865	107,765
#11,081	Emmanuel	2,864	107,802

Who is named Balzer

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

96% of people named Balzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Balzer

Balzer has the Soundex code B426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B426.

Questions

How common is the surname Balzer?: 2,869 people in the United States had the surname Balzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,614 Americans. It ranked 11,073rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Balzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Balzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Balzer getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,897 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,869 in 2010, down 1.0%.