Explore the Family Name Spitzley

The meaning of Spitzley

Probably an Americanized form of German Spitzler, a cognate of Spitzner. The surname Spitzler is very rare in Germany. Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Mathias.

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

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Spitzley saw a significant increase between 2000 and 2010. In the year 2000, Spitzley ranked 38,644 in terms of prevalence, but by 2010, it had climbed up to the 36,630th spot, marking a 5.21% change. In terms of absolute counts, there were 538 individuals with the Spitzley surname recorded in the 2000 census, and this figure rose to 610 by 2010, indicating an uptick of 13.38%. The proportion per 100,000 also showed a growth of 5%, moving from 0.2 in 2000 to 0.21 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#38,644	#36,630	5.21%
Count	538	610	13.38%
Proportion per 100k	0.2	0.21	5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Spitzley

On the ethnicity front, the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of individuals with the Spitzley surname identify as White, although there has been a slight decrease in this percentage from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, 97.96% of Spitzleys identified as White, but this number fell slightly to 96.89% in 2010, showing a modest change of -1.09%. The data for other ethnic identities such as Asian/Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Black, and American Indian and Alaskan Native remained unchanged at 0.00%. However, there was a new entry in 2010 with 1.64% identifying with two or more races. Any data suppression (S) for privacy reasons is duly noted.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.96%	96.89%	-1.09%
Two or More Races	0%	1.64%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%