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    The surname Hitz

    A surname, carried by 1,666 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex H320

    Hitz: #17,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Hitz #17,047, 1,666 people Hitz: #17,047 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Hitz #17,047, 1,666 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hitz is more common than 89.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,666 people named Hitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 185,321 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,616.

    #17,047
    rank among US surnames
    1,666
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,400)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,040Peed1,667185,210
    #17,047Croll1,666185,321
    #17,056Stem1,665185,433

    Who is named Hitz

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

    96% of people named Hitz 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 0.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Hitz

    Hitz 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 Hitz?
    1,666 people in the United States had the surname Hitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 185,321 Americans. It ranked 17,047th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Hitz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Hitz getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,616 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,666 in 2010, up 3.1%.