How common is the surname Bretz?

3,693 people in the United States had the surname Bretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Bretz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Bretz?

J Harlen Bretz, American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981).

Where is the surname Bretz most common?

Wikidata records people named Bretz in the United States.

Is the surname Bretz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 8.6%.

The surname Bretz

A surname, carried by 3,693 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex B632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Bretz is more common than 94.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,693 people named Bretz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. That is up 8.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,401.

#8,867

rank among US surnames

3,693

people in 2010

1.3

per 100,000 Americans

+8.6%

change since 2000 (was #8,858)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,861	Barbera	3,696	83,535
#8,862	Lutes	3,695	83,558
#8,865	Hoyos	3,694	83,580
#8,867	Bretz	3,693	83,603
#8,870	Cirillo	3,692	83,626

Who is named Bretz

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

93% of people named Bretz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Bretzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

J Harlen Bretz
American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Bretz

Bretz has the Soundex code B632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B632.

Questions

How common is the surname Bretz?: 3,693 people in the United States had the surname Bretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 83,603 Americans. It ranked 8,867th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Bretz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Bretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Bretz?: J Harlen Bretz, American geologist who discovered the Missoula Floods (1882-1981).
Where is the surname Bretz most common?: Wikidata records people named Bretz in the United States.
Is the surname Bretz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,401 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,693 in 2010, up 8.6%.