How common is the surname Blitz?

1,117 people in the United States had the surname Blitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Blitz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Blitz?

Gérard Blitz, Belgian swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979), followed by Maurice Blitz.

Where is the surname Blitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Blitz in Belgium, France and the United States.

Is the surname Blitz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Blitz

A surname, carried by 1,117 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). Blitz is more common than 85.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,117 people named Blitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,126.

#22,906

rank among US surnames

1,117

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #21,590)

Who is named Blitz

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

96% of people named Blitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Two or more races 0.7%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Blitzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Gérard Blitz
Belgian swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979)
Maurice Blitz
Belgian water polo player (1891-1975)
Jeffrey Blitz
American film director, film producer and screenwriter, born 1969

Notable Blitzs come mostly from Belgium (1), France (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Blitz

Blitz 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 Blitz?: 1,117 people in the United States had the surname Blitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 276,406 Americans. It ranked 22,906th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Blitz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Blitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Blitz?: Gérard Blitz, Belgian swimmer and water polo player (1901–1979), followed by Maurice Blitz.
Where is the surname Blitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Blitz in Belgium, France and the United States.
Is the surname Blitz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,117 in 2010, down 0.8%.