How common is the surname Frantz?

12,079 people in the United States had the surname Frantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,561 Americans. It ranked 2,969th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Frantz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Frantz?

Adrienne Frantz, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1978), followed by Chris Frantz.

Where is the surname Frantz most common?

Wikidata records people named Frantz in the United States.

Is the surname Frantz getting more or less common?

Less common. 12,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,079 in 2010, down 1.4%.

Is Frantz also a first name?

Yes. Frantz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Frantz

A surname, carried by 12,079 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex F653

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Frantz is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,079 people named Frantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,561 Americans. That is down 1.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 12,252.

#2,969

rank among US surnames

12,079

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

-1.4%

change since 2000 (was #2,699)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,960	Razo	12,125	25,464
#2,961	Masterson	12,117	25,480
#2,962	Porras	12,106	25,504
#2,963	Moulton	12,104	25,508
#2,964	Monk	12,103	25,510
#2,965	Pence	12,101	25,514
#2,966	Hatton	12,090	25,537

Who is named Frantz

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

95% of people named Frantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.1%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Frantzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Adrienne Frantz
American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1978)
Chris Frantz
American musician, born 1951
Alison Frantz
American archaeologist (1903–1995)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Frantz

Frantz has the Soundex code F653, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code F653.

Questions

How common is the surname Frantz?: 12,079 people in the United States had the surname Frantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,561 Americans. It ranked 2,969th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Frantz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Frantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Frantz?: Adrienne Frantz, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1978), followed by Chris Frantz.
Where is the surname Frantz most common?: Wikidata records people named Frantz in the United States.
Is the surname Frantz getting more or less common?: Less common. 12,252 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,079 in 2010, down 1.4%.
Is Frantz also a first name?: Yes. Frantz is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.