How common is the surname Holtz?

9,502 people in the United States had the surname Holtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,493 Americans. It ranked 3,730th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Holtz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Holtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Holtz?

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., American paleontologist, followed by Vera Holtz.

Where is the surname Holtz most common?

Wikidata records people named Holtz in the United States and Brazil.

Is the surname Holtz getting more or less common?

More common. 9,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,502 in 2010, up 3.7%.

The surname Holtz

A surname, carried by 9,502 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). Holtz is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,502 people named Holtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 32,493 Americans. That is up 3.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,160.

#3,730

rank among US surnames

9,502

people in 2010

3.2

per 100,000 Americans

+3.7%

change since 2000 (was #3,559)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,722	Ostrander	9,518	32,438
#3,723	Mangum	9,515	32,448
#3,724	Staggs	9,514	32,452
#3,725	Curtin	9,513	32,455
#3,726	Saxton	9,509	32,469
#3,727	Hackney	9,507	32,476
#3,729	Findley	9,505	32,482

Who is named Holtz

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

93% of people named Holtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.9%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Holtzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
American paleontologist, born 1965
Vera Holtz
Brazilian actress, born 1953

Notable Holtzs come mostly from the United States (1) and Brazil (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Holtz

Holtz 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 Holtz?: 9,502 people in the United States had the surname Holtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 32,493 Americans. It ranked 3,730th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Holtz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Holtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Holtz?: Thomas R. Holtz, Jr., American paleontologist, followed by Vera Holtz.
Where is the surname Holtz most common?: Wikidata records people named Holtz in the United States and Brazil.
Is the surname Holtz getting more or less common?: More common. 9,160 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,502 in 2010, up 3.7%.