How common is the surname Weitzel?

4,569 people in the United States had the surname Weitzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,574 Americans. It ranked 7,295th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Weitzel?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Weitzel?

John Quinn Weitzel, American Samoan Roman Catholic bishop.

Where is the surname Weitzel most common?

Wikidata records people named Weitzel in the United States.

Is the surname Weitzel getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,569 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Weitzel

A surname, carried by 4,569 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W324

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Weitzel is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,569 people named Weitzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,574 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,857.

#7,295

rank among US surnames

4,569

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,448)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,291	Wortman	4,572	67,530
#7,292	Clair	4,571	67,544
#7,293	Via	4,570	67,559
#7,295	Weitzel	4,569	67,574
#7,298	Halliday	4,568	67,589
#7,301	Grass	4,567	67,604

Who is named Weitzel

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

95% of people named Weitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Weitzels

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Quinn Weitzel
American Samoan Roman Catholic bishop, 1928–2022

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Weitzel

Weitzel has the Soundex code W324, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W324.

Questions

How common is the surname Weitzel?: 4,569 people in the United States had the surname Weitzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,574 Americans. It ranked 7,295th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Weitzel?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Weitzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Weitzel?: John Quinn Weitzel, American Samoan Roman Catholic bishop.
Where is the surname Weitzel most common?: Wikidata records people named Weitzel in the United States.
Is the surname Weitzel getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,857 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,569 in 2010, down 5.9%.