How common is the surname Betz?

10,120 people in the United States had the surname Betz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,508 Americans. It ranked 3,527th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Betz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Betz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Betz?

Pauline Betz, American tennis player (1919–2011), followed by Carl Betz.

Where is the surname Betz most common?

Wikidata records people named Betz in the United States.

Is the surname Betz getting more or less common?

More common. 10,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,120 in 2010, up 1.0%.

The surname Betz

A surname, carried by 10,120 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Betz is more common than 97.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,120 people named Betz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 30,508 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,017.

#3,527

rank among US surnames

10,120

people in 2010

3.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1%

change since 2000 (was #3,281)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,518	Colwell	10,140	30,448
#3,521	Culpepper	10,135	30,463
#3,522	Broome	10,133	30,469
#3,523	Shore	10,130	30,478
#3,524	Barreto	10,127	30,487
#3,525	Correia	10,126	30,490
#3,526	McDuffie	10,125	30,493

Who is named Betz

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

95% of people named Betz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Betzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Pauline Betz
American tennis player (1919–2011)
Carl Betz
American stage, film and television actor (1921-1978)
Matthew Betz
American actor (1881–1938)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Betz

Betz has the Soundex code B320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B320.

Questions

How common is the surname Betz?: 10,120 people in the United States had the surname Betz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 30,508 Americans. It ranked 3,527th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Betz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Betz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Betz?: Pauline Betz, American tennis player (1919–2011), followed by Carl Betz.
Where is the surname Betz most common?: Wikidata records people named Betz in the United States.
Is the surname Betz getting more or less common?: More common. 10,017 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,120 in 2010, up 1.0%.