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    The surname Metzgar

    A surname, carried by 1,326 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex M326

    Metzgar: #20,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Metzgar #20,139, 1,326 people Metzgar: #20,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Metzgar #20,139, 1,326 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metzgar is more common than 87.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,326 people named Metzgar in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. That is down 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,348.

    #20,139
    rank among US surnames
    1,326
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.6%
    change since 2000 (was #18,791)

    Who is named Metzgar

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

    89% of people named Metzgar identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 89%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9.4%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Metzgar

    Metzgar has the Soundex code M326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M326.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Metzgar?
    1,326 people in the United States had the surname Metzgar in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 232,840 Americans. It ranked 20,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Metzgar?
    In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Metzgar identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Metzgar getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,326 in 2010, down 1.6%.