How common is the surname Baltz?

2,189 people in the United States had the surname Baltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,044 Americans. It ranked 13,810th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Baltz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Baltz?

Kirk Baltz, American actor, followed by Lewis Baltz.

Where is the surname Baltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Baltz in the United States.

Is the surname Baltz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,189 in 2010, up 18%.

The surname Baltz

A surname, carried by 2,189 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baltz is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,189 people named Baltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,044 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,853.

#13,810

rank among US surnames

2,189

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+18.1%

change since 2000 (was #14,706)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,806	Mizrahi	2,190	140,980
#13,810	Rayborn	2,189	141,044
#13,815	O'Rear	2,188	141,109

Who is named Baltz

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

94% of people named Baltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.2%
Two or more races 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Baltzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Kirk Baltz
American actor, born 1959
Lewis Baltz
American photographer (1945–2014)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Baltz

Baltz has the Soundex code B432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B432.

Questions

How common is the surname Baltz?: 2,189 people in the United States had the surname Baltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,044 Americans. It ranked 13,810th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Baltz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Baltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Baltz?: Kirk Baltz, American actor, followed by Lewis Baltz.
Where is the surname Baltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Baltz in the United States.
Is the surname Baltz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,853 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,189 in 2010, up 18%.