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    The surname Hartzell

    A German surname, carried by 6,494 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex H632

    Hartzell: #5,361 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hartzell #5,361, 6,494 people Hartzell: #5,361 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hartzell #5,361, 6,494 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hartzell is more common than 96.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Variant of Herzel.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,494 people named Hartzell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 47,543 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,389.

    #5,361
    rank among US surnames
    6,494
    people in 2010
    2.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #5,039)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,356Doane6,50147,492
    #5,359Wyant6,49847,514
    #5,360Melancon6,49647,529
    #5,361Donnell6,49447,543

    Who is named Hartzell

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

    96% of people named Hartzell identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hartzell

    Hartzell has the Soundex code H632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H632.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Hartzell come from?
    Variant of Herzel.
    How common is the surname Hartzell?
    6,494 people in the United States had the surname Hartzell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 47,543 Americans. It ranked 5,361st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hartzell?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hartzell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hartzell getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,389 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,494 in 2010, up 1.6%.