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    The surname Stenzel

    A surname, carried by 1,536 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S352

    Stenzel: #18,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Stenzel #18,128, 1,536 people Stenzel: #18,128 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Stenzel #18,128, 1,536 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Stenzel is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,536 people named Stenzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. That is down 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,069.

    #18,128
    rank among US surnames
    1,536
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -25.8%
    change since 2000 (was #13,483)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,128Stenzel1,536201,006
    #18,137Hulin1,535201,137

    Who is named Stenzel

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

    97% of people named Stenzel identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.0%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Stenzels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ursula Stenzel
      Austrian politician, born 1945

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Stenzel

    Stenzel has the Soundex code S352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S352.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Stenzel?
    1,536 people in the United States had the surname Stenzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,006 Americans. It ranked 18,128th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Stenzel?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Stenzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Stenzel?
    Ursula Stenzel, Austrian politician.
    Where is the surname Stenzel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Stenzel in Austria.
    Is the surname Stenzel getting more or less common?
    Less common. 2,069 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,536 in 2010, down 26%.