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    The surname Witzel

    A surname, carried by 1,625 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex W324

    Witzel: #17,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Witzel #17,379, 1,625 people Witzel: #17,379 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Witzel #17,379, 1,625 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Witzel is more common than 89.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,625 people named Witzel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 189,997 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,593.

    #17,379
    rank among US surnames
    1,625
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +2%
    change since 2000 (was #16,586)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,379Tarnowski1,625189,997
    #17,385Brasel1,624190,114

    Who is named Witzel

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

    95% of people named Witzel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.8% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Witzel

    Witzel 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 Witzel?
    1,625 people in the United States had the surname Witzel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 189,997 Americans. It ranked 17,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Witzel?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Witzel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Witzel getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,593 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,625 in 2010, up 2.0%.