How common is the surname Beltz?

4,603 people in the United States had the surname Beltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,075 Americans. It ranked 7,246th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Beltz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Beltz?

Joshua Beltz, Australian field hockey player.

Where is the surname Beltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Beltz in Australia.

Is the surname Beltz getting more or less common?

More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,603 in 2010, up 11%.

The surname Beltz

A surname, carried by 4,603 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). Beltz is more common than 95.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,603 people named Beltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 67,075 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,150.

#7,246

rank among US surnames

4,603

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+10.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,403)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,240	Goodell	4,607	67,017
#7,243	Keough	4,605	67,046
#7,245	Adames	4,604	67,060
#7,246	Beltz	4,603	67,075
#7,247	Theodore	4,601	67,104

Who is named Beltz

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

93% of people named Beltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Beltzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joshua Beltz
Australian field hockey player, born 1995

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Beltz

Beltz 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 Beltz?: 4,603 people in the United States had the surname Beltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 67,075 Americans. It ranked 7,246th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Beltz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Beltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Beltz?: Joshua Beltz, Australian field hockey player.
Where is the surname Beltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Beltz in Australia.
Is the surname Beltz getting more or less common?: More common. 4,150 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,603 in 2010, up 11%.