How common is the surname Getz?

7,703 people in the United States had the surname Getz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,081 Americans. It ranked 4,605th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Getz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Getz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Getz?

Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991), followed by John Getz.

Where is the surname Getz most common?

Wikidata records people named Getz in the United States.

Is the surname Getz getting more or less common?

More common. 7,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,703 in 2010, up 0.1%.

The surname Getz

A surname, carried by 7,703 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). Getz is more common than 97.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,703 people named Getz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,081 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 7,694.

#4,605

rank among US surnames

7,703

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+0.1%

change since 2000 (was #4,263)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,596	Goolsby	7,721	39,988
#4,597	Batten	7,716	40,014
#4,598	Kling	7,713	40,029
#4,600	Hazel	7,711	40,040
#4,601	Wojcik	7,710	40,045
#4,602	Kehoe	7,708	40,055
#4,603	Sayers	7,705	40,071

Who is named Getz

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

96% of people named Getz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Getzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Stan Getz
American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991)
John Getz
American actor, born 1946

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Getz

Getz 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 Getz?: 7,703 people in the United States had the surname Getz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,081 Americans. It ranked 4,605th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Getz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Getz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Getz?: Stan Getz, American jazz saxophonist (1927–1991), followed by John Getz.
Where is the surname Getz most common?: Wikidata records people named Getz in the United States.
Is the surname Getz getting more or less common?: More common. 7,694 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,703 in 2010, up 0.1%.