How common is the surname Pelzer?

2,183 people in the United States had the surname Pelzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. It ranked 13,845th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Pelzer?

Kimberlin Brown, American actress.

Where is the surname Pelzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Pelzer in the United States.

Is the surname Pelzer getting more or less common?

More common. 2,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,183 in 2010, up 4.8%.

The surname Pelzer

A surname, carried by 2,183 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P426

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pelzer is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

From German.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,183 people named Pelzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. That is up 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,083.

#13,845

rank among US surnames

2,183

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+4.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,407)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,843	Gardener	2,184	141,367
#13,845	Westberg	2,183	141,432
#13,850	Winer	2,182	141,497

Who is named Pelzer

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

51% of people named Pelzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 45% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 51%
Black (not Hispanic) 45%
Two or more races 1.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pelzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kimberlin Brown
American actress, born 1961

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pelzer

Pelzer has the Soundex code P426, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P426.

Questions

Where does the surname Pelzer come from?: From German.
How common is the surname Pelzer?: 2,183 people in the United States had the surname Pelzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,432 Americans. It ranked 13,845th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pelzer?: In the 2010 Census, 51% of people named Pelzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 45% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Pelzer?: Kimberlin Brown, American actress.
Where is the surname Pelzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Pelzer in the United States.
Is the surname Pelzer getting more or less common?: More common. 2,083 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,183 in 2010, up 4.8%.