Explore the Family Name Leutzinger

The meaning of Leutzinger

Swiss German: 1. probably from Leutz, a pet form of any of several ancient Germanic personal names formed with liut ‘people, tribe’ + -inger, a suffix of affiliation. 2. alternatively a habitational name for someone from a place called Leutzigen, formerly Leutzingen, in canton Bern. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Leutzinger has seen a decline in popularity over the years. In 2000, it ranked 70,679 in terms of popularity but dropped to 82,044 by 2010, denoting a -16.08% change. The count of individuals with this surname also decreased from 258 in 2000 to 230 in 2010, marking a -10.85% change. Correspondingly, the proportion per 100,000 people also fell by 20% from 0.1 to 0.08 during this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#70,679	#82,044	-16.08%
Count	258	230	-10.85%
Proportion per 100k	0.1	0.08	-20%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Leutzinger

In terms of ethnicity, again based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals bearing the Leutzinger surname identify as White. This group saw a slight increase of 1.40% from 96.90% in 2000 to 98.26% in 2010. For other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native, no changes were recorded within these ten years. Similarly, the representation of those identifying with two or more races remained static at 0%. Interestingly, the Hispanic segment, which made up 1.94% of the Leutzingers in 2000, was not represented in the 2010 data.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.9%	98.26%	1.4%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	1.94%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%