How common is the surname Foltz?

8,714 people in the United States had the surname Foltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,431 Americans. It ranked 4,075th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Foltz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Foltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Foltz?

Richard Foltz, American-Canadian scholar and historian (born 1961), followed by Clara Shortridge Foltz.

Where is the surname Foltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Foltz in Canada and the United States.

Is the surname Foltz getting more or less common?

More common. 8,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,714 in 2010, up 2.3%.

The surname Foltz

A surname, carried by 8,714 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Foltz is more common than 97.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 8,714 people named Foltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 35,431 Americans. That is up 2.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 8,520.

#4,075

rank among US surnames

8,714

people in 2010

3.0

per 100,000 Americans

+2.3%

change since 2000 (was #3,830)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,070	Durand	8,729	35,370
#4,072	Kish	8,725	35,386
#4,074	Geer	8,717	35,419
#4,075	Foltz	8,714	35,431
#4,076	Santoro	8,713	35,435

Who is named Foltz

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

96% of people named Foltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Foltzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Richard Foltz
American-Canadian scholar and historian (born 1961)
Clara Shortridge Foltz
American lawyer and women's rights activist (1849-1934)

Notable Foltzs come mostly from Canada (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Foltz

Foltz has the Soundex code F432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F432.

Questions

How common is the surname Foltz?: 8,714 people in the United States had the surname Foltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 35,431 Americans. It ranked 4,075th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Foltz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Foltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Foltz?: Richard Foltz, American-Canadian scholar and historian (born 1961), followed by Clara Shortridge Foltz.
Where is the surname Foltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Foltz in Canada and the United States.
Is the surname Foltz getting more or less common?: More common. 8,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 8,714 in 2010, up 2.3%.