Explore the Family Name Protzman

The meaning of Protzman

Americanized form of German Protzmann: 1. variant of Brotzmann (see Brotzman). Compare Prutzman. 2. probably also a habitational name for someone from any of various places in Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, and Luxembourg called Protz.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Protzman has seen a slight growth in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, this name was ranked 42,363rd most popular in the United States with 482 people having this surname, equating to about 0.18 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank increased to 41,799th with a corresponding rise in count to 520 people, maintaining the same proportion per 100,000. This signifies an approximate increase of 1.33 in rank and 7.88 in count over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#42,363	#41,799	1.33%
Count	482	520	7.88%
Proportion per 100k	0.18	0.18	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Protzman

The census data also reveals considerable information about the ethnic identity associated with Protzman. In 2000, the vast majority of individuals with the surname identified as White, at 96.27%. A small number, 2.49%, identified as Hispanic. There were no records for Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, American Indian and Alaskan Native, or those identifying with two or more races. However, by 2010, there was a slight decrease in those identifying as White (96.15%) and Hispanic (1.92%), and a marginal representation of Asian/Pacific Islanders (0.96%). No changes were recorded for the other ethnic identities over the 10 year period.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.27%	96.15%	-0.12%
Hispanic	2.49%	1.92%	-22.89%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.96%	0%
Two or More Races	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%