How common is the surname Setzer?

4,940 people in the United States had the surname Setzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,499 Americans. It ranked 6,825th of 162,253 surnames.

Where is the surname Setzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Setzer in the United States.

Is the surname Setzer getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,940 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Setzer

A surname, carried by 4,940 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S326

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Setzer is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,940 people named Setzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,499 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,979.

#6,825

rank among US surnames

4,940

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #6,302)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,817	Abrahamson	4,948	62,398
#6,818	Steffens	4,947	62,411
#6,819	Vizcarra	4,946	62,423
#6,821	Hayman	4,945	62,436
#6,822	Clapper	4,944	62,449
#6,823	Brace	4,943	62,461
#6,824	Tighe	4,942	62,474

Who is named Setzer

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

91% of people named Setzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Setzers

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Brian Setzer
American singer, born 1959

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Setzer

Setzer has the Soundex code S326, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S326.

Questions

How common is the surname Setzer?: 4,940 people in the United States had the surname Setzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,499 Americans. It ranked 6,825th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Setzer?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Setzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Setzer?: Brian Setzer, American singer.
Where is the surname Setzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Setzer in the United States.
Is the surname Setzer getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,940 in 2010, down 0.8%.