The surname Bortz
A surname, carried by 2,798 people in the United States.
1 syllable Soundex B632
Origin
From the German surname of Low German origin, from a dialectal word meaning "buttocks," ultimately from the root of Bürzel (“rump”).
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 2,798 people named Bortz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. That is up 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,643.
Who is named Bortz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Bortz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
- Two or more races 1.0%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
- Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Bortz has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.
Questions
- Where does the surname Bortz come from?
- From the German surname of Low German origin, from a dialectal word meaning "buttocks," ultimately from the root of Bürzel (“rump”).
- How common is the surname Bortz?
- 2,798 people in the United States had the surname Bortz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 110,345 Americans. It ranked 11,290th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Bortz?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Bortz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Bortz getting more or less common?
- More common. 2,643 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,798 in 2010, up 5.9%.