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    The surname Kreitzer

    A surname, carried by 1,509 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex K632

    Kreitzer: #18,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Kreitzer #18,354, 1,509 people Kreitzer: #18,354 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Kreitzer #18,354, 1,509 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kreitzer is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,509 people named Kreitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. That is up 4.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,445.

    #18,354
    rank among US surnames
    1,509
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +4.4%
    change since 2000 (was #17,859)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,347Rushin1,510204,467
    #18,354Lands1,509204,603

    Who is named Kreitzer

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

    97% of people named Kreitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kreitzer

    Kreitzer has the Soundex code K632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K632.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Kreitzer?
    1,509 people in the United States had the surname Kreitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 204,603 Americans. It ranked 18,354th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kreitzer?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kreitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Kreitzer getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,445 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,509 in 2010, up 4.4%.