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    The surname Nitzel

    A German surname, carried by 427 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N324

    Nitzel: #49,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nitzel #49,268, 427 people Nitzel: #49,268 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nitzel #49,268, 427 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nitzel is more common than 69.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Nitzel, a surname of Slavic origin from a pet form of the personal name Nikolaus.

    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 427 people named Nitzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 723,057 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 348.

    #49,268
    rank among US surnames
    427
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +22.7%
    change since 2000 (was #55,237)

    Who is named Nitzel

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

    91% of people named Nitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as two or more races and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Two or more races 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 2.3%
    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 Nitzel

    Nitzel has the Soundex code N324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N324.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nitzel come from?
    Borrowed from German Nitzel, a surname of Slavic origin from a pet form of the personal name Nikolaus.
    How common is the surname Nitzel?
    427 people in the United States had the surname Nitzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 723,057 Americans. It ranked 49,268th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nitzel?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nitzel getting more or less common?
    More common. 348 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 427 in 2010, up 23%.