# Horowitz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/horowitz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 9,671 |
| US rank (2010) | 3,674 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 31,925 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.1% (9,379 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhɔɹ.ə.wɪts/, 3 syllables |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From German Horowitz and Yiddish האָראָװיץ (horovits), named after Horowitz (Czech Hořovice), a town with a large Jewish population in the Late Middle Ages.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Horowitz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 96% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.1% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Horowitz in the United States.

## People named Horowitz

- Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut
- Ben Horowitz, American businessman
- Adam Horowitz, American screenwriter and producer
- Jordan Horowitz, American film producer
- Ryszard Horowitz, American photographer
- Paul Horowitz, American physicist
- Popa Chubby, American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist

## Similar surnames

Horwitz, Hurwitz, Hardwick, Hardesty, Hardison, Hartzell, Hartwig, Hertz, Huertas, Hartsfield, Hartz, Hartsell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.