The Hetzel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 3,679 people carried this name — #8,276 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 420 people named Hetzel.
15 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
108 people named Hetzel live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Hetzel.
- Hesse 5,929 · U.S. census
- Hessel 1,233 · U.S. census
- Hettich 758 · U.S. census
- Hettinger 2,962 · U.S. census
- Hettler 506 · U.S. census
- Hetz 522 · U.S. census
- Heu 637 · U.S. census
- Heumann 599 · U.S. census
- Heussner 233 · U.S. census
- Hey 1,971 · U.S. census
- Heyd 526 · U.S. census
- Heydon 389 · U.S. census
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