How common is the last name Wetzel?

15,097 people in the United States have the last name Wetzel, about 1 in 19,799. It ranks #2,352 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

WETZEL

#2,352

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
15,097
About
1 in 19,799
This common or more
49.7%
Who bears it

Of the 15,097 people with the last name Wetzel, 92.2% reported their origin as White, 3.2% as two or more races and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Wetzel

#2,350 Berman · 15,127#2,351 Sorenson · 15,125#2,353 Briones · 15,092#2,354 Lyles · 15,085

Spelled almost the same

3 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Wetzel, most common first.

#7,318 Weitzel · 4,390#58,307 Wetsel · 376#62,967 Wetzell · 343

Also a first name

As a first name, Wetzel ranks #50,309 of 53,615, with 120 people. See Wetzel as a first name

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