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    The surname Matzke

    A surname, carried by 1,865 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M320

    Matzke: #15,658 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Matzke #15,658, 1,865 people Matzke: #15,658 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Matzke #15,658, 1,865 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Matzke is more common than 90.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,865 people named Matzke in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 165,547 Americans. That is down 8.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,032.

    #15,658
    rank among US surnames
    1,865
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    -8.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,690)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,651Brunt1,866165,458
    #15,658Matzke1,865165,547
    #15,663Bert1,864165,636

    Who is named Matzke

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

    97% of people named Matzke identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    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 Matzke

    Matzke has the Soundex code M320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M320.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Matzke?
    1,865 people in the United States had the surname Matzke in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 165,547 Americans. It ranked 15,658th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Matzke?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Matzke identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Matzke getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,032 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,865 in 2010, down 8.2%.