How common is the surname Fitzwater?

4,066 people in the United States had the surname Fitzwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. It ranked 8,155th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Fitzwater?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fitzwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Fitzwater getting more or less common?

More common. 4,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,066 in 2010, up 1.4%.

The surname Fitzwater

A surname, carried by 4,066 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex F323

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Fitzwater is more common than 95% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,066 people named Fitzwater in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. That is up 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,011.

#8,155

rank among US surnames

4,066

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+1.4%

change since 2000 (was #7,646)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#8,148	Grosso	4,069	75,877
#8,150	Mayne	4,068	75,896
#8,153	Brownfield	4,067	75,915
#8,155	Sinha	4,066	75,933
#8,158	McPhee	4,065	75,952
#8,159	Paquin	4,064	75,971
#8,162	Armitage	4,063	75,990

Who is named Fitzwater

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

95% of people named Fitzwater identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Fitzwater?: 4,066 people in the United States had the surname Fitzwater in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 75,933 Americans. It ranked 8,155th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Fitzwater?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Fitzwater identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Fitzwater getting more or less common?: More common. 4,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,066 in 2010, up 1.4%.