Setzer
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Setzer is a surname, most frequently recorded in the United States. It appears chiefly in English and German, written in the Latin script.
- DEGermany1 in 42K◐
- USUnited States1 in 58K
- CACanada1 in 61K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| US United States | 45,695 | 81% |
| DE Germany | 2,331 | 4% |
| GB United Kingdom | 1,353 | 2% |
| CA Canada | 1,111 | 2% |
| AU Australia | 477 | 1% |
≈50,967 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English50K89%
- German2.9K5%
- Spanish8912%
- French4851%
- Arabic1931%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 50,261 | 89% |
| German | 2,875 | 5% |
| Spanish | 891 | 2% |
| French | 485 | 1% |
| Arabic | 193 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Notable people with this name●
- Johann Setzerb. 1478FRGerman printer (1478?-1532)
- Samuel H. Setzerb. 1876ILHebrew and Yiddish writer (1876-1962)
- Franz Xaver Setzerb. 1886ATAustrian photographer (1886–1939)
- Philip Setzerb. 1951USAmerican musician
- Arlene Setzerb. 1952USAmerican politician
- Brian Setzerb. 1959USAmerican singer
- Dennis Setzerb. 1960USAmerican stock car racing driver
- Anton Setzerb. 1963DEresearcher
- Mitchell S. Setzerb. 1965USAmerican politician
- Johanna Setzerb. 1979ATAustrian television presenter
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 15 sources across 8 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 5K | #6,302 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.9K | #6,825 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.5K | #7,119 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 13 | #105,312 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 13 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 12 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 12 | #123,158 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 11 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 10 | #60,931 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 9 | #86,537 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 6 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 6 | #187,273 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-06 data build · 24 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Setzer?
- Our records include 50,967 bearers of Setzer across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Setzer have the most bearers?
- Setzer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Setzer”. Data snapshot 2026-08-31.