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    The surname Gewirtz

    A Yiddish occupational surname, carried by 570 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex G632

    Gewirtz: #38,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Gewirtz #38,754, 570 people Gewirtz: #38,754 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Gewirtz #38,754, 570 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gewirtz is more common than 76.1% of them.

    Origin

    Yiddish origin

    Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).

    Gewirtz is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.

    One of 31 Yiddish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 570 people named Gewirtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 541,659 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 485.

    #38,754
    rank among US surnames
    570
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.5%
    change since 2000 (was #42,134)

    Who is named Gewirtz

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

    98% of people named Gewirtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 98%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Gewirtz

    Gewirtz has the Soundex code G632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G632.

    Other Yiddish surnames

    All 31 Yiddish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Gewirtz come from?
    Borrowed from Yiddish געװירץ (gevirts, “spices”), a metonymic occupational surname for a spicer. Compare German Gewürz (“spice”).
    How common is the surname Gewirtz?
    570 people in the United States had the surname Gewirtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 541,659 Americans. It ranked 38,754th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Gewirtz?
    In the 2010 Census, 98% of people named Gewirtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Gewirtz?
    Gewirtz is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
    Is the surname Gewirtz getting more or less common?
    More common. 485 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 570 in 2010, up 18%.