Explore the Family Name Critzer

The meaning of Critzer

Americanized form of German Kreitzer or Kritzer. Compare Crizer. History: John Critzer, born 1790, was a son of Johann Kreitzer from PA, who moved to Amherst County in VA. Another son changed his name to Crizer.

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How common is the last name Critzer in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname "Critzer" in the US has slightly decreased over the decade from 2000 to 2010. The rank of this surname slid from 28,548 in 2000 to 29,550 in 2010, marking a decline of 3.51%. Despite the drop in ranking, the number of individuals carrying the Critzer surname actually increased from 786 in 2000 to 798 in 2010. However, the proportion per 100k people shifted downwards by 6.9%, falling from 0.29 to 0.27.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,548	#29,550	-3.51%
Count	786	798	1.53%
Proportion per 100k	0.29	0.27	-6.9%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Critzer

Turning to ethnicity, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Critzer surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although there was a slight decrease of 1.63% over the decade. There was also a small percentage of Critzers who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander and those identifying with two or more races; these percentages also decreased marginally. Notably, the percentage of Critzers identifying as Hispanic saw an increase of 47.71%, rising from 1.53% in 2000 to 2.26% in 2010. There was no change in the percentage of Critzers identifying as Black, while the data for American Indian and Alaskan Native was not available in 2000 but stood at 1% in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.82%	95.24%	-1.63%
Hispanic	1.53%	2.26%	47.71%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	1%	0%
Two or More Races	0.89%	0.88%	-1.12%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.64%	0.63%	-1.56%
Black	0%	0%	0%