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    The surname Hentz

    A surname, carried by 1,889 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H532

    Hentz: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hentz #15,499, 1,889 people Hentz: #15,499 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hentz #15,499, 1,889 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hentz is more common than 90.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,889 people named Hentz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. That is up 6.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,778.

    #15,499
    rank among US surnames
    1,889
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6.2%
    change since 2000 (was #15,203)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #15,494Brogden1,890163,357
    #15,499Emert1,889163,444
    #15,503Shand1,888163,530
    #15,508Lucht1,887163,617

    Who is named Hentz

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

    76% of people named Hentz identified as white (not Hispanic), 20% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Hentzs

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Caroline Lee Hentz
      American author and educator (1800-1856)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hentz

    Hentz has the Soundex code H532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H532.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Hentz?
    1,889 people in the United States had the surname Hentz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 163,444 Americans. It ranked 15,499th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hentz?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Hentz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 20% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Hentz?
    Caroline Lee Hentz, American author and educator (1800-1856).
    Where is the surname Hentz most common?
    Wikidata records people named Hentz in the United States.
    Is the surname Hentz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,778 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,889 in 2010, up 6.2%.