Explore the Family Name Enzweiler

The meaning of Enzweiler

German: habitational name from a place so named in Rhineland-Palatinate. The second part of the placename is from Middle High German wīler ‘small village, single building’ (from Late Latin villare, from Latin villa ‘country house, estate’, later used of a group of houses forming a settlement).

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the Enzweiler surname experienced a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, the surname was ranked 60,083rd but fell to 61,745th by 2010, marking a 2.77% decrease. Despite this fall in rank, the actual count of individuals with this surname increased by 3.5%, from 314 to 325. However, this growth did not keep pace with the overall population increase, leading to a drop in the proportion of people named Enzweiler per 100,000 from 0.12 to 0.11.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#60,083	#61,745	-2.77%
Count	314	325	3.5%
Proportion per 100k	0.12	0.11	-8.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Enzweiler

In terms of ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data reveals that individuals bearing the Enzweiler surname are predominantly White, albeit there was a minor decrease in this percentage between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, 98.41% of individuals with this surname identified as White, which slightly fell to 97.23% by 2010. During the same period, the proportion of Hispanics among the Enzweilers saw an increase of 35.22%, though they still only make up just over 2% of the total. Data for other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native were either non-existent or suppressed for privacy.

	2000	2010	Change
White	98.41%	97.23%	-1.2%
Hispanic	1.59%	2.15%	35.22%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%