How common is the surname Hotz?

1,773 people in the United States had the surname Hotz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. It ranked 16,265th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Hotz?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hotz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Where is the surname Hotz most common?

Wikidata records people named Hotz in the United States.

Is the surname Hotz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,773 in 2010, down 6.0%.

The surname Hotz

A surname, carried by 1,773 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex H320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Hotz is more common than 90% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,773 people named Hotz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. That is down 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,887.

#16,265

rank among US surnames

1,773

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

-6%

change since 2000 (was #14,491)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,261	Kinkead	1,774	174,039
#16,265	Rake	1,773	174,137
#16,273	Layden	1,772	174,236

Who is named Hotz

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

96% of people named Hotz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
Two or more races 0.7%
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.

Famous Hotzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

George Hotz
American hacker, born 1989

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Hotz

Hotz 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 Hotz?: 1,773 people in the United States had the surname Hotz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 174,137 Americans. It ranked 16,265th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Hotz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Hotz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Hotz?: George Hotz, American hacker.
Where is the surname Hotz most common?: Wikidata records people named Hotz in the United States.
Is the surname Hotz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,887 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,773 in 2010, down 6.0%.