How common is the surname Koontz?

10,538 people in the United States had the surname Koontz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,298 Americans. It ranked 3,392nd of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Koontz?

Dean Koontz, American writer and screenwriter (born 1945), followed by Charley Koontz.

Where is the surname Koontz most common?

Wikidata records people named Koontz in the United States.

Is the surname Koontz getting more or less common?

More common. 10,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,538 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Koontz

A surname, carried by 10,538 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Koontz is more common than 97.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,538 people named Koontz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 29,298 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,373.

#3,392

rank among US surnames

10,538

people in 2010

3.6

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #3,176)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,383	Charlton	10,555	29,251
#3,385	Vail	10,554	29,254
#3,386	Schrock	10,549	29,268
#3,387	Iglesias	10,546	29,276
#3,389	Bayer	10,544	29,282
#3,390	Sager	10,541	29,290
#3,391	Kinder	10,539	29,296

Who is named Koontz

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

93% of people named Koontz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.6%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Koontzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Dean Koontz
American writer and screenwriter (born 1945)
Charley Koontz
American actor, born 1987

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Koontz

Koontz has the Soundex code K532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K532.

Questions

How common is the surname Koontz?: 10,538 people in the United States had the surname Koontz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 29,298 Americans. It ranked 3,392nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Koontz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Koontz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Koontz?: Dean Koontz, American writer and screenwriter (born 1945), followed by Charley Koontz.
Where is the surname Koontz most common?: Wikidata records people named Koontz in the United States.
Is the surname Koontz getting more or less common?: More common. 10,373 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,538 in 2010, up 1.6%.