How common is the surname Mentzer?

3,410 people in the United States had the surname Mentzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. It ranked 9,531st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Mentzer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mentzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Mentzer?

Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (1951–2001).

Where is the surname Mentzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Mentzer in the United States.

Is the surname Mentzer getting more or less common?

More common. 3,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,410 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Mentzer

A surname, carried by 3,410 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Mentzer is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,410 people named Mentzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,296.

#9,531

rank among US surnames

3,410

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,113)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,525	Ang	3,413	90,462
#9,527	Catania	3,412	90,488
#9,529	Khang	3,411	90,515
#9,531	Carle	3,410	90,541
#9,535	Cardinale	3,409	90,568
#9,539	Eddington	3,408	90,594

Who is named Mentzer

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

96% of people named Mentzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Mentzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mike Mentzer
American bodybuilder (1951–2001)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Mencer

Surnames that sound like Mentzer

Mentzer has the Soundex code M532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M532.

Questions

How common is the surname Mentzer?: 3,410 people in the United States had the surname Mentzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 90,541 Americans. It ranked 9,531st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Mentzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Mentzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Mentzer?: Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (1951–2001).
Where is the surname Mentzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Mentzer in the United States.
Is the surname Mentzer getting more or less common?: More common. 3,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,410 in 2010, up 3.5%.
What are other spellings of Mentzer?: Mencer.