How common is the surname Horwitz?

3,246 people in the United States had the surname Horwitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. It ranked 9,940th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Horwitz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horwitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Horwitz?

Dominique Horwitz, actor, followed by Steven Horwitz.

Where is the surname Horwitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Horwitz in the United States and France.

Is the surname Horwitz getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,246 in 2010, down 5.7%.

The surname Horwitz

A surname, carried by 3,246 people in the United States.

2 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). Horwitz is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

A surname, an alternative form of Horowitz.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,246 people named Horwitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. That is down 5.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,444.

#9,940

rank among US surnames

3,246

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-5.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,774)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,931	Tso	3,249	95,028
#9,932	Olney	3,248	95,057
#9,940	McCarroll	3,246	95,116
#9,949	Schantz	3,245	95,145

Who is named Horwitz

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

95% of people named Horwitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
Two or more races 1.2%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Horwitzs

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dominique Horwitz
Actor, born 1957
Steven Horwitz
American economist (1964–2021)
Tony Horwitz
American journalist (1958–2019)
Shemp Howard
American comedian and actor (1895–1955)

Notable Horwitzs come mostly from the United States (3) and France (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Horwitz

Horwitz has the Soundex code H632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code H632.

Questions

How common is the surname Horwitz?: 3,246 people in the United States had the surname Horwitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 95,116 Americans. It ranked 9,940th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Horwitz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Horwitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Horwitz?: Dominique Horwitz, actor, followed by Steven Horwitz.
Where is the surname Horwitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Horwitz in the United States and France.
Is the surname Horwitz getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,444 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,246 in 2010, down 5.7%.