How common is the surname Retzlaff?

2,322 people in the United States had the surname Retzlaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. It ranked 13,166th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Retzlaff?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Retzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Retzlaff getting more or less common?

More common. 2,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,322 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Retzlaff

A surname, carried by 2,322 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex R324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Retzlaff is more common than 91.9% of them.

Origin

Germanized form of Slavic personal names such as Radoslav, Ratislav, etc.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,322 people named Retzlaff in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,297.

#13,166

rank among US surnames

2,322

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,399)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,158	Cannella	2,325	132,794
#13,160	Neuhaus	2,324	132,851
#13,165	Pettyjohn	2,323	132,908
#13,166	Ziemer	2,322	132,965
#13,171	Tedeschi	2,321	133,023

Who is named Retzlaff

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

96% of people named Retzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Ratzlaff
Retzlaw

Surnames that sound like Retzlaff

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

Questions

Where does the surname Retzlaff come from?: Germanized form of Slavic personal names such as Radoslav, Ratislav, etc.
How common is the surname Retzlaff?: 2,322 people in the United States had the surname Retzlaff in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 132,965 Americans. It ranked 13,166th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Retzlaff?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Retzlaff identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Retzlaff getting more or less common?: More common. 2,297 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,322 in 2010, up 1.1%.
What are other spellings of Retzlaff?: Ratzlaff and Retzlaw.