How common is the surname Gratz?

1,305 people in the United States had the surname Gratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Gratz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Gratz?

Leopold Gratz, Austrian diplomat and politician, Mayor of Vienna (1929-2006), followed by Rebecca Gratz.

Where is the surname Gratz most common?

Wikidata records people named Gratz in Austria and the United States.

Is the surname Gratz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 32%.

The surname Gratz

A German surname, carried by 1,305 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex G632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Gratz is more common than 87.4% of them.

Origin

German origin

From the German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shortened from Pankratz.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,305 people named Gratz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. That is down 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,910.

#20,364

rank among US surnames

1,305

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-31.7%

change since 2000 (was #14,370)

Who is named Gratz

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

96% of people named Gratz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Two or more races 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Gratzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Leopold Gratz
Austrian diplomat and politician, Mayor of Vienna (1929-2006)
Rebecca Gratz
American writer (1781–1869)

Notable Gratzs come mostly from Austria (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Gratz

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

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Gratz come from?: From the German surname, from the city Graz in Austria. Also from a personal name from Old High German gratag (“greedy”), which could ultimately be from Proto-West Germanic *gernō; see Dutch gretig (“eager”). Also shortened from Pankratz.
How common is the surname Gratz?: 1,305 people in the United States had the surname Gratz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 236,587 Americans. It ranked 20,364th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Gratz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Gratz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Gratz?: Leopold Gratz, Austrian diplomat and politician, Mayor of Vienna (1929-2006), followed by Rebecca Gratz.
Where is the surname Gratz most common?: Wikidata records people named Gratz in Austria and the United States.
Is the surname Gratz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,910 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,305 in 2010, down 32%.