How common is the surname Goltz?

1,277 people in the United States had the surname Goltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Goltz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Goltz?

Paolo Goltz, Argentine footballer.

Where is the surname Goltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Goltz in Argentina.

Is the surname Goltz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, down 4.8%.

The surname Goltz

A surname, carried by 1,277 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Goltz is more common than 87.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,277 people named Goltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. That is down 4.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,341.

#20,709

rank among US surnames

1,277

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-4.8%

change since 2000 (was #18,857)

Who is named Goltz

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

95% of people named Goltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.3%
Two or more races 1.0%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Goltzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Paolo Goltz
Argentine footballer, born 1985

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Goltz

Goltz has the Soundex code G432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code G432.

Questions

How common is the surname Goltz?: 1,277 people in the United States had the surname Goltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,774 Americans. It ranked 20,709th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Goltz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Goltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Goltz?: Paolo Goltz, Argentine footballer.
Where is the surname Goltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Goltz in Argentina.
Is the surname Goltz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,341 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,277 in 2010, down 4.8%.