How common is the surname Kmetz?

1,579 people in the United States had the surname Kmetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kmetz?

In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kmetz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, down 3.4%.

The surname Kmetz

A German surname, carried by 1,579 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex K532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kmetz is more common than 89.1% of them.

Origin

German origin

Borrowed from German Kmetz.

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 1,579 people named Kmetz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. That is down 3.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,634.

#17,745

rank among US surnames

1,579

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

-3.4%

change since 2000 (was #16,249)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,745	Zacher	1,579	195,532
#17,752	Deo	1,578	195,656

Who is named Kmetz

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

97% of people named Kmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 97%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Two or more races 0.4%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Kmetz come from?: Borrowed from German Kmetz.
How common is the surname Kmetz?: 1,579 people in the United States had the surname Kmetz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 195,532 Americans. It ranked 17,745th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kmetz?: In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Kmetz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kmetz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,634 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,579 in 2010, down 3.4%.