How common is the surname Matzen?

1,048 people in the United States had the surname Matzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Matzen getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, down 3.8%.

The surname Matzen

A surname, carried by 1,048 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M325

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matzen is more common than 85.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,048 people named Matzen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. That is down 3.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,089.

#24,049

rank among US surnames

1,048

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.8%

change since 2000 (was #22,143)

Who is named Matzen

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

93% of people named Matzen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Two or more races 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%

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 Matzen

Matzen has the Soundex code M325, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M325.

Questions

How common is the surname Matzen?: 1,048 people in the United States had the surname Matzen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 294,605 Americans. It ranked 24,049th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Matzen?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Matzen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as two or more races.
Is the surname Matzen getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,048 in 2010, down 3.8%.