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    The surname Reitzel

    A surname, carried by 1,056 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex R324

    Reitzel: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Reitzel #23,899, 1,056 people Reitzel: #23,899 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Reitzel #23,899, 1,056 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reitzel is more common than 85.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,056 people named Reitzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. That is up 9.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 969.

    #23,899
    rank among US surnames
    1,056
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,243)

    Who is named Reitzel

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

    97% of people named Reitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    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 Reitzel

    Reitzel has the Soundex code R324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R324.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Reitzel?
    1,056 people in the United States had the surname Reitzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 292,373 Americans. It ranked 23,899th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Reitzel?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Reitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Reitzel getting more or less common?
    More common. 969 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,056 in 2010, up 9.0%.