How common is the surname Kretzer?

1,095 people in the United States had the surname Kretzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kretzer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kretzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Kretzer getting more or less common?

More common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, up 2.5%.

The surname Kretzer

A surname, carried by 1,095 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kretzer is more common than 85.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,095 people named Kretzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. That is up 2.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,068.

#23,268

rank among US surnames

1,095

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.5%

change since 2000 (was #22,481)

Who is named Kretzer

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

96% of people named Kretzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 1.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Two or more races 1.0%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kretzer

Kretzer 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 Kretzer?: 1,095 people in the United States had the surname Kretzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 281,959 Americans. It ranked 23,268th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kretzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kretzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Kretzer getting more or less common?: More common. 1,068 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,095 in 2010, up 2.5%.