How common is the surname Hertz?

4,257 people in the United States had the surname Hertz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,527 Americans. It ranked 7,788th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hertz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hertz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hertz?

Noreena Hertz, British economist and author, followed by John D. Hertz.

Where is the surname Hertz most common?

Wikidata records people named Hertz in the United Kingdom, the United States and the Holy Roman Empire.

Is the surname Hertz getting more or less common?

More common. 4,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,257 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Hertz

A German surname, carried by 4,257 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hertz is more common than 95.2% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Hertz.

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 4,257 people named Hertz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 72,527 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,097.

#7,788

rank among US surnames

4,257

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #7,497)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,784	Henninger	4,262	72,441
#7,785	Akhtar	4,260	72,475
#7,787	Nero	4,259	72,492
#7,788	Hertz	4,257	72,527

Who is named Hertz

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

94% of people named Hertz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hertzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Noreena Hertz
British economist and author, born 1967
John D. Hertz
American businessman (1879-1961)
Henri Herz
Austrian musician (1803–1888)

Notable Hertzs come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and the Holy Roman Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hertz

Hertz has the Soundex code H632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H632.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Hertz come from?: Borrowed from German Hertz.
How common is the surname Hertz?: 4,257 people in the United States had the surname Hertz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 72,527 Americans. It ranked 7,788th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hertz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Hertz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hertz?: Noreena Hertz, British economist and author, followed by John D. Hertz.
Where is the surname Hertz most common?: Wikidata records people named Hertz in the United Kingdom, the United States and the Holy Roman Empire.
Is the surname Hertz getting more or less common?: More common. 4,097 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,257 in 2010, up 3.9%.