How common is the surname Metzler?

6,657 people in the United States had the surname Metzler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,379 Americans. It ranked 5,239th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Metzler?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Metzler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Metzler most common?

Wikidata records people named Metzler in the United States.

Is the surname Metzler getting more or less common?

More common. 6,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,657 in 2010, up 0.7%.

The surname Metzler

A surname, carried by 6,657 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex M324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Metzler is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,657 people named Metzler in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 46,379 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,612.

#5,239

rank among US surnames

6,657

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.7%

change since 2000 (was #4,876)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,230	Lashley	6,669	46,296
#5,231	Towne	6,666	46,316
#5,232	Laurent	6,665	46,323
#5,234	Greenwald	6,664	46,330
#5,236	Haile	6,663	46,337
#5,237	Musgrove	6,660	46,358
#5,238	Boettcher	6,659	46,365

Who is named Metzler

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

94% of people named Metzler identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Metzlers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Jim Metzler
American actor, born 1951

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Metzler

Metcalfe

Metzler has the Soundex code M324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M324.

Questions

How common is the surname Metzler?: 6,657 people in the United States had the surname Metzler in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 46,379 Americans. It ranked 5,239th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Metzler?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Metzler identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Metzler?: Jim Metzler, American actor.
Where is the surname Metzler most common?: Wikidata records people named Metzler in the United States.
Is the surname Metzler getting more or less common?: More common. 6,612 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,657 in 2010, up 0.7%.