How common is the surname Glantz?

1,569 people in the United States had the surname Glantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,779 Americans. It ranked 17,836th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Glantz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Glantz?

Margo Glantz, author, followed by David Glantz.

Where is the surname Glantz most common?

Wikidata records people named Glantz in Mexico and the United States.

Is the surname Glantz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,569 in 2010, up 10%.

The surname Glantz

A surname, carried by 1,569 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G453

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Glantz is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,569 people named Glantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,779 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,423.

#17,836

rank among US surnames

1,569

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+10.3%

change since 2000 (was #18,069)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,836	Shover	1,569	196,779
#17,839	Gautam	1,568	196,904

Who is named Glantz

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

96% of people named Glantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.0% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 1.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Glantzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margo Glantz
Author, born 1930
David Glantz
American military historian, born 1942

Notable Glantzs come mostly from Mexico (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Glantz

Glantz has the Soundex code G453, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G453.

Questions

How common is the surname Glantz?: 1,569 people in the United States had the surname Glantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,779 Americans. It ranked 17,836th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Glantz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Glantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Glantz?: Margo Glantz, author, followed by David Glantz.
Where is the surname Glantz most common?: Wikidata records people named Glantz in Mexico and the United States.
Is the surname Glantz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,423 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,569 in 2010, up 10%.