Explore the Family Name Zeitlin

The meaning of Zeitlin

Jewish (from Belarus and Lithuania): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Tseytl, which is of uncertain origin, with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in. Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Hillel, Hyman, Shimon, Shmuel, Yakov.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Zeitlin has seen a growth in popularity over a span of ten years from 2000 to 2010. The ranking of the name improved from 29,873 in 2000 to 29,528 in 2010, indicating an increase of 1.15%. The actual count of people with this surname also rose by 7.68% from 742 individuals in 2000 to 799 in 2010. However, when normalized for the increasing population, the proportion of Zeitlins per 100,000 people slightly decreased by 3.57%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#29,873	#29,528	1.15%
Count	742	799	7.68%
Proportion per 100k	0.28	0.27	-3.57%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Zeitlin

Regarding ethnic identity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the Zeitlin surname is predominantly associated with the White ethnicity, which accounted for 96.36% in 2000 and increased slightly to 97% in 2010. There was a significant change in the number of people with mixed race identification, which surged by 49.25%. However, the proportion of Asians/Pacific Islanders holding the Zeitlin surname dropped to zero by 2010, down from 0.94% in 2000. Similarly, the Hispanic representation also declined by 25.93%. The Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native categories were not represented in either 2000 or 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	96.36%	97%	0.66%
Two or More Races	0.67%	1%	49.25%
Hispanic	1.35%	1%	-25.93%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.94%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%