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    The surname Wetzel

    A German surname, carried by 15,849 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W324

    Wetzel: #2,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#10,001Dubon Wetzel #2,300, 15,849 people Wetzel: #2,300 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wetzel #2,300, 15,849 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wetzel is more common than 98.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    From German Wetzel.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 15,849 people named Wetzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 19,480 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 15,674.

    #2,300
    rank among US surnames
    15,849
    people in 2010
    5.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.1%
    change since 2000 (was #2,121)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,291Dietrich15,90419,413
    #2,292Bruner15,89819,420
    #2,293Valdivia15,89519,424
    #2,294Jernigan15,88919,431
    #2,295Schwarz15,88419,438
    #2,296Gale15,86619,460
    #2,297Chapa15,86519,461

    Who is named Wetzel

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

    95% of people named Wetzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Wetzels

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • John Wetzel
      American basketball player and coach, born 1944

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wetzel

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Wetzel come from?
    From German Wetzel.
    How common is the surname Wetzel?
    15,849 people in the United States had the surname Wetzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 19,480 Americans. It ranked 2,300th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wetzel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Wetzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Wetzel?
    John Wetzel, American basketball player and coach.
    Where is the surname Wetzel most common?
    Wikidata records people named Wetzel in the United States.
    Is the surname Wetzel getting more or less common?
    More common. 15,674 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 15,849 in 2010, up 1.1%.