How common is the surname Horowitz?

9,671 people in the United States had the surname Horowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. It ranked 3,674th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horowitz?

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

Who is the most famous person named Horowitz?

Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut, followed by Ben Horowitz.

Where is the surname Horowitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Horowitz in the United States.

How do you pronounce Horowitz?

Horowitz is /ˈhɔɹ.ə.wɪts/, 3 syllables.

Is the surname Horowitz getting more or less common?

More common. 9,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,671 in 2010, up 3.1%.

The surname Horowitz

A German surname, carried by 9,671 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈhɔɹ.ə.wɪts/ 3 syllables Soundex H632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Horowitz is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

German origin

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

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 9,671 people named Horowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,379.

#3,674

rank among US surnames

9,671

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.1%

change since 2000 (was #3,485)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,670	Tinoco	9,707	31,806
#3,672	Luce	9,704	31,816
#3,673	Kohn	9,701	31,826
#3,674	Legg	9,671	31,925

Who is named Horowitz

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

96% of people named Horowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horowitzs

7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Scott J. Horowitz
American astronaut, born 1957
Ben Horowitz
American businessman, born 1966
Adam Horowitz
American screenwriter and producer, born 1971
Jordan Horowitz
American film producer, born 1980
Ryszard Horowitz
American photographer, born 1939
Paul Horowitz
American physicist, born 1942
Popa Chubby
American electric blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist, born 1960

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Surnames that sound like Horowitz

Horowitz 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 Horowitz come from?: From German Horowitz and Yiddish האָראָװיץ (horovits), named after Horowitz (Czech Hořovice), a town with a large Jewish population in the Late Middle Ages.
How common is the surname Horowitz?: 9,671 people in the United States had the surname Horowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,925 Americans. It ranked 3,674th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horowitz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Horowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horowitz?: Scott J. Horowitz, American astronaut, followed by Ben Horowitz.
Where is the surname Horowitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Horowitz in the United States.
How do you pronounce Horowitz?: Horowitz is /ˈhɔɹ.ə.wɪts/, 3 syllables.
Is the surname Horowitz getting more or less common?: More common. 9,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,671 in 2010, up 3.1%.