How common is the surname Goetz?

13,390 people in the United States had the surname Goetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,058 Americans. It ranked 2,689th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goetz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goetz?

Hugo Goetz, American swimmer (1884–1972), followed by Bernhard Goetz.

Where is the surname Goetz most common?

Wikidata records people named Goetz in the United States.

Is the surname Goetz getting more or less common?

Less common. 13,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,390 in 2010, down 0.8%.

The surname Goetz

A surname, carried by 13,390 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). Goetz is more common than 98.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 13,390 people named Goetz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 23,058 Americans. That is down 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 13,495.

#2,689

rank among US surnames

13,390

people in 2010

4.5

per 100,000 Americans

-0.8%

change since 2000 (was #2,456)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,680	Hook	13,437	22,977
#2,682	Scherer	13,421	23,005
#2,683	Darden	13,414	23,017
#2,684	Joy	13,413	23,018
#2,685	Tirado	13,410	23,024
#2,686	Robb	13,402	23,037
#2,687	Templeton	13,396	23,048

Who is named Goetz

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

95% of people named Goetz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Two or more races 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goetzs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hugo Goetz
American swimmer (1884–1972)
Bernhard Goetz
American businessman and vigilante, born 1947
William Goetz
American film producer (1903–1969)
Kimi Goetz
American speed skater, born 1994
Dana Hill
American actress (1964–1996)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goetz

Goetz 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 Goetz?: 13,390 people in the United States had the surname Goetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 23,058 Americans. It ranked 2,689th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goetz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goetz?: Hugo Goetz, American swimmer (1884–1972), followed by Bernhard Goetz.
Where is the surname Goetz most common?: Wikidata records people named Goetz in the United States.
Is the surname Goetz getting more or less common?: Less common. 13,495 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 13,390 in 2010, down 0.8%.