How common is the surname Hiltz?

1,568 people in the United States had the surname Hiltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hiltz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Hiltz?

Nikki Hiltz, American middle-distance runner, followed by Nichole Hiltz.

Where is the surname Hiltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Hiltz in the United States.

Is the surname Hiltz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 2.8%.

The surname Hiltz

A surname, carried by 1,568 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hiltz is more common than 89% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,568 people named Hiltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. That is up 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,526.

#17,839

rank among US surnames

1,568

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+2.8%

change since 2000 (was #17,141)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,836	Shover	1,569	196,779
#17,839	Gautam	1,568	196,904

Who is named Hiltz

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

96% of people named Hiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Hiltzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nikki Hiltz
American middle-distance runner, born 1994
Nichole Hiltz
American actress, born 1978

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hiltz

Hiltz has the Soundex code H432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H432.

Questions

How common is the surname Hiltz?: 1,568 people in the United States had the surname Hiltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 196,904 Americans. It ranked 17,839th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hiltz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hiltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hiltz?: Nikki Hiltz, American middle-distance runner, followed by Nichole Hiltz.
Where is the surname Hiltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Hiltz in the United States.
Is the surname Hiltz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,526 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,568 in 2010, up 2.8%.