How common is the surname Gatz?

1,305 people in the United States had the surname Gatz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gatz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gatz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Gatz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 5.9%.

The surname Gatz

A surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gatz is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,305 people named Gatz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is down 5.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,387.

#20,364

rank among US surnames

1,305

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-5.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,397)

Who is named Gatz

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

96% of people named Gatz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gatz

Gatz has the Soundex code G320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G320.

Questions

How common is the surname Gatz?: 1,305 people in the United States had the surname Gatz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gatz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gatz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Gatz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,387 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 5.9%.