How common is the surname Nafziger?

1,133 people in the United States had the surname Nafziger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nafziger?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nafziger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nafziger getting more or less common?

More common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 4.2%.

The surname Nafziger

A German surname, carried by 1,133 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N122

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nafziger is more common than 86% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Nafziger.

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 1,133 people named Nafziger in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. That is up 4.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,087.

#22,646

rank among US surnames

1,133

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.2%

change since 2000 (was #22,174)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,637	Prato	1,134	272,262
#22,646	DiVincenzo	1,133	272,503

Who is named Nafziger

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

97% of people named Nafziger identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nafziger come from?: Borrowed from German Nafziger.
How common is the surname Nafziger?: 1,133 people in the United States had the surname Nafziger in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 272,503 Americans. It ranked 22,646th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nafziger?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nafziger identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nafziger getting more or less common?: More common. 1,087 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,133 in 2010, up 4.2%.