How common is the surname Boltz?

3,350 people in the United States had the surname Boltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Boltz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Boltz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Boltz

A surname, carried by 3,350 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). Boltz is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,350 people named Boltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,238.

#9,687

rank among US surnames

3,350

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #9,261)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,683	Garrard	3,353	92,080
#9,684	Blanc	3,352	92,108
#9,686	Kunze	3,351	92,135
#9,687	Scholten	3,350	92,163
#9,691	Paramo	3,348	92,218
#9,692	Geis	3,347	92,245

Who is named Boltz

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

94% of people named Boltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Boltz

Boltz 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 Boltz?: 3,350 people in the United States had the surname Boltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,163 Americans. It ranked 9,687th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Boltz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Boltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Boltz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,238 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,350 in 2010, up 3.5%.