How common is the surname Pitzer?

3,375 people in the United States had the surname Pitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,480 Americans. It ranked 9,624th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Pitzer?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Pitzer?

Kenneth Pitzer, American chemist (1914–1997).

Where is the surname Pitzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Pitzer in the United States.

Is the surname Pitzer getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,375 in 2010, down 0.4%.

The surname Pitzer

A surname, carried by 3,375 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex P326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pitzer is more common than 94.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,375 people named Pitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 91,480 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 3,390.

#9,624

rank among US surnames

3,375

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-0.4%

change since 2000 (was #8,879)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,618	Courville	3,379	91,372
#9,620	Mardis	3,378	91,399
#9,621	Nassar	3,377	91,426
#9,624	Benedetto	3,375	91,480
#9,627	Palazzolo	3,374	91,507
#9,628	Leath	3,372	91,562

Who is named Pitzer

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

95% of people named Pitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Pitzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kenneth Pitzer
American chemist (1914–1997)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Pitzer

Pitzer has the Soundex code P326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P326.

Questions

How common is the surname Pitzer?: 3,375 people in the United States had the surname Pitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 91,480 Americans. It ranked 9,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pitzer?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Pitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Pitzer?: Kenneth Pitzer, American chemist (1914–1997).
Where is the surname Pitzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Pitzer in the United States.
Is the surname Pitzer getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,390 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,375 in 2010, down 0.4%.