How common is the surname Metzger?

20,771 people in the United States had the surname Metzger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,864 Americans. It ranked 1,724th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Metzger?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metzger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Metzger?

Bruce Manning Metzger, American biblical scholar (1914-2007), followed by Gustav Metzger.

Where is the surname Metzger most common?

Wikidata records people named Metzger in the United States and Germany.

Is the surname Metzger getting more or less common?

More common. 20,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,771 in 2010, up 1.9%.

The surname Metzger

A German surname, carried by 20,771 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metzger is more common than 98.9% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Metzger (“butcher”).

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 20,771 people named Metzger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 14,864 Americans. That is up 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 20,386.

#1,724

rank among US surnames

20,771

people in 2010

7.0

per 100,000 Americans

+1.9%

change since 2000 (was #1,613)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#1,715	Escamilla	20,958	14,732
#1,716	Otero	20,937	14,746
#1,717	Henley	20,934	14,749
#1,718	Dick	20,923	14,756
#1,719	Voss	20,911	14,765
#1,720	Greenberg	20,897	14,775
#1,721	Finn	20,852	14,807

Who is named Metzger

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

95% of people named Metzger identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Metzgers

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Bruce Manning Metzger
American biblical scholar (1914-2007)
Gustav Metzger
Artist and political activist (1926-2017)
Radley Metzger
American film director, screenwriter, film producer, film editor and film distributor (192
Tom Metzger
American white supremacist leader (1938–2020)
Stein Metzger
American beach volleyball player, born 1972

Notable Metzgers come mostly from the United States (4) and Germany (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Metzger

Metzgar

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Metzger come from?: Borrowed from German Metzger (“butcher”).
How common is the surname Metzger?: 20,771 people in the United States had the surname Metzger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 14,864 Americans. It ranked 1,724th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Metzger?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Metzger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Metzger?: Bruce Manning Metzger, American biblical scholar (1914-2007), followed by Gustav Metzger.
Where is the surname Metzger most common?: Wikidata records people named Metzger in the United States and Germany.
Is the surname Metzger getting more or less common?: More common. 20,386 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 20,771 in 2010, up 1.9%.