How common is the surname Houtz?

2,171 people in the United States had the surname Houtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,214 Americans. It ranked 13,911th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Houtz?

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

Is the surname Houtz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,171 in 2010, up 1.1%.

The surname Houtz

A surname, carried by 2,171 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). Houtz is more common than 91.4% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,171 people named Houtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 142,214 Americans. That is up 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,147.

#13,911

rank among US surnames

2,171

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,075)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,903	Montesinos	2,172	142,148
#13,911	Forcier	2,171	142,214
#13,916	Luper	2,170	142,279

Who is named Houtz

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

96% of people named Houtz 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 0.8%
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.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Houtz

Houtz 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 Houtz?: 2,171 people in the United States had the surname Houtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 142,214 Americans. It ranked 13,911th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Houtz?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Houtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Houtz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,147 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,171 in 2010, up 1.1%.