How common is the surname Menzel?

2,553 people in the United States had the surname Menzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. It ranked 12,199th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Menzel?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Menzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Menzel?

Idina Menzel, American actress and singer, followed by Donald Howard Menzel.

Where is the surname Menzel most common?

Wikidata records people named Menzel in the United States.

Is the surname Menzel getting more or less common?

Less common. 2,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,553 in 2010, down 2.4%.

The surname Menzel

A surname, carried by 2,553 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M524

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Menzel is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,553 people named Menzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,616.

#12,199

rank among US surnames

2,553

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

-2.4%

change since 2000 (was #11,126)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,192	Vento	2,555	120,840
#12,198	Moro	2,554	120,887
#12,199	Baney	2,553	120,934
#12,204	Stimson	2,552	120,982
#12,208	Getchell	2,551	121,029

Who is named Menzel

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

94% of people named Menzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Menzels

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Idina Menzel
American actress and singer, born 1971
Donald Howard Menzel
American astronomer (1901–1976)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Menzel

Mengel

Menzel has the Soundex code M524, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M524.

Questions

How common is the surname Menzel?: 2,553 people in the United States had the surname Menzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,934 Americans. It ranked 12,199th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Menzel?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Menzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Menzel?: Idina Menzel, American actress and singer, followed by Donald Howard Menzel.
Where is the surname Menzel most common?: Wikidata records people named Menzel in the United States.
Is the surname Menzel getting more or less common?: Less common. 2,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,553 in 2010, down 2.4%.