How common is the surname Heitz?

2,852 people in the United States had the surname Heitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. It ranked 11,118th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Heitz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Heitz?

Arsène Heitz, author of the Flag of Europe (1908-1989).

Where is the surname Heitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Heitz in the German Empire.

Is the surname Heitz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,852 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Heitz

A surname, carried by 2,852 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Heitz is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,852 people named Heitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,723.

#11,118

rank among US surnames

2,852

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #10,753)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,111	Leis	2,855	108,142
#11,114	Loaiza	2,854	108,180
#11,116	Kalb	2,853	108,218
#11,118	Heitz	2,852	108,256
#11,122	Catanzaro	2,851	108,294
#11,127	Depina	2,849	108,370

Who is named Heitz

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

95% of people named Heitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Heitzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arsène Heitz
Author of the Flag of Europe (1908-1989)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Heitz

Hitz

Heitz has the Soundex code H320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H320.

Questions

How common is the surname Heitz?: 2,852 people in the United States had the surname Heitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,256 Americans. It ranked 11,118th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Heitz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Heitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Heitz?: Arsène Heitz, author of the Flag of Europe (1908-1989).
Where is the surname Heitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Heitz in the German Empire.
Is the surname Heitz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,723 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,852 in 2010, up 4.7%.