How common is the surname Britz?

1,162 people in the United States had the surname Britz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Britz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Britz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Britz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 7.3%.

The surname Britz

A surname, carried by 1,162 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). Britz is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,162 people named Britz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. That is down 7.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,253.

#22,201

rank among US surnames

1,162

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-7.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,852)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#22,194	Ramanathan	1,163	265,473
#22,201	Janak	1,162	265,702

Who is named Britz

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

95% of people named Britz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Britz

Britz 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 Britz?: 1,162 people in the United States had the surname Britz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Britz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Britz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Britz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,253 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 7.3%.