How common is the surname Wentzel?

3,681 people in the United States had the surname Wentzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. It ranked 8,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Wentzel?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wentzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Wentzel getting more or less common?

More common. 3,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,681 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Wentzel

A surname, carried by 3,681 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex W532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wentzel is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Wenzel.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,681 people named Wentzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,649.

#8,894

rank among US surnames

3,681

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #8,343)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,888	Langham	3,684	83,807
#8,890	Vereen	3,683	83,830
#8,891	Diorio	3,682	83,853
#8,894	Wentzel	3,681	83,875
#8,896	Tarpley	3,680	83,898

Who is named Wentzel

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

96% of people named Wentzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Wentzel

Wentz

Wentzel has the Soundex code W532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W532.

Questions

Where does the surname Wentzel come from?: Variant of Wenzel.
How common is the surname Wentzel?: 3,681 people in the United States had the surname Wentzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,875 Americans. It ranked 8,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Wentzel?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Wentzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Wentzel getting more or less common?: More common. 3,649 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,681 in 2010, up 0.9%.