How common is the surname Gentz?

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

Is the surname Gentz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 10%.

The surname Gentz

A surname, carried by 1,162 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gentz is more common than 86.3% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, shortened from Gendrich, Genrich, a Slavic form of Heinrich.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,162 people named Gentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,296.

#22,201

rank among US surnames

1,162

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-10.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,343)

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

Who is named Gentz

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

96% of people named Gentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as two or more races and 1.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Two or more races 1.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 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 Gentz

Gantz

Gentz has the Soundex code G532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G532.

Questions

Where does the surname Gentz come from?: From the German surname, shortened from Gendrich, Genrich, a Slavic form of Heinrich.
How common is the surname Gentz?: 1,162 people in the United States had the surname Gentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 265,702 Americans. It ranked 22,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gentz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as two or more races.
Is the surname Gentz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,296 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,162 in 2010, down 10%.