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    The surname Melzer

    A German surname, carried by 1,516 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M426

    Melzer: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Melzer #18,301, 1,516 people Melzer: #18,301 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Melzer #18,301, 1,516 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Melzer is more common than 88.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Mälzer (“malter”).

    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 1,516 people named Melzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,520.

    #18,301
    rank among US surnames
    1,516
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,296Khatun1,517203,524
    #18,301Sayed1,516203,658
    #18,306Reyez1,515203,792

    Who is named Melzer

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

    96% of people named Melzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Melzers

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Jürgen Melzer
      Austrian tennis player, born 1981
    • Gerald Melzer
      Austrian tennis player, born 1990

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Melzer

    Melzer has the Soundex code M426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M426.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Melzer come from?
    From German Mälzer (“malter”).
    How common is the surname Melzer?
    1,516 people in the United States had the surname Melzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 203,658 Americans. It ranked 18,301st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Melzer?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Melzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Melzer?
    Jürgen Melzer, Austrian tennis player, followed by Gerald Melzer.
    Where is the surname Melzer most common?
    Wikidata records people named Melzer in Austria.
    Is the surname Melzer getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,516 in 2010, down 0.3%.