Explore the Family Name Shatzer

The meaning of Shatzer

Altered form of German Schatzer or Schätzer, an occupational name for a tax collector. Compare Schatz.

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

According to data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Shatzer saw a slight dip in popularity between the years 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname fell by approximately 3.33%, moving from 22,222nd place in 2000 to 22,963rd place in 2010. However, the actual count of individuals with the surname Shatzer increased slightly by about 2.86%. In 2000, there were 1,083 individuals with this surname, whereas, in 2010, the number rose to 1,114. In proportion to 100k people, the percentage of individuals bearing the Shatzer surname also decreased slightly from 0.4% to 0.38%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#22,222	#22,963	-3.33%
Count	1,083	1,114	2.86%
Proportion per 100k	0.4	0.38	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Shatzer

The ethnicity associated with the surname Shatzer, as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, showed some interesting shifts between 2000 and 2010. While the majority of those bearing the Shatzer name are of White ethnicity (97.78% in 2000 and 96.95% in 2010), there has been a slight increase in ethnic diversity. The percentage of Hispanic ethnicity increased from 1.11% to 1.53% over the same period. There was also an increase in the number of individuals identifying as two or more races, climbing from 0.46% to 0.72%. Interestingly, the data shows a small but notable presence of people of Asian/Pacific Islander ethnicity in 2010, which was not present in 2000. Meanwhile, the proportions of Black ethnicity and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity remained unchanged at 0%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.78%	96.95%	-0.85%
Hispanic	1.11%	1.53%	37.84%
Two or More Races	0.46%	0.72%	56.52%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.63%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%