How common is the surname Spitzer?

7,027 people in the United States had the surname Spitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,937 Americans. It ranked 5,002nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spitzer?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Spitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spitzer?

Lyman Spitzer, American astronomer (1914–1997), followed by Eliot Spitzer.

Where is the surname Spitzer most common?

Wikidata records people named Spitzer in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Spitzer getting more or less common?

More common. 6,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,027 in 2010, up 9.9%.

The surname Spitzer

A surname, carried by 7,027 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spitzer is more common than 96.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,027 people named Spitzer in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 43,937 Americans. That is up 9.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,395.

#5,002

rank among US surnames

7,027

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+9.9%

change since 2000 (was #5,035)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,998	Kingston	7,033	43,900
#5,000	Hartwell	7,032	43,906
#5,001	Lora	7,030	43,918
#5,002	Spitzer	7,027	43,937
#5,003	Penaloza	7,026	43,943
#5,004	Veliz	7,024	43,956

Who is named Spitzer

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

96% of people named Spitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spitzers

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Lyman Spitzer
American astronomer (1914–1997)
Eliot Spitzer
54th Governor of New York from 2007 to 2008
Leo Spitzer
Austrian philologist and literary theorist (1887–1960)
Robert Spitzer
American psychiatrist (1932–2015)

Notable Spitzers come mostly from the United States (3) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spitzer

Spitzer has the Soundex code S132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S132.

Questions

How common is the surname Spitzer?: 7,027 people in the United States had the surname Spitzer in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 43,937 Americans. It ranked 5,002nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spitzer?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Spitzer identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spitzer?: Lyman Spitzer, American astronomer (1914–1997), followed by Eliot Spitzer.
Where is the surname Spitzer most common?: Wikidata records people named Spitzer in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Spitzer getting more or less common?: More common. 6,395 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,027 in 2010, up 9.9%.