The surname Kowitz
A German occupational surname, carried by 564 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex K320
Origin
German origin
Borrowed from German Kowitz, a Germanized form of Proto-Slavic *kovačь (“smith”).
Kowitz is an occupational surname: named after the work an ancestor did.
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 564 people named Kowitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. That is down 1.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 575.
Who is named Kowitz
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
96% of people named Kowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- White (not Hispanic) 96%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
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Surnames that sound like Kowitz
Kowitz has the Soundex code K320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K320.
Other German surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Kowitz come from?
- Borrowed from German Kowitz, a Germanized form of Proto-Slavic *kovačь (“smith”).
- How common is the surname Kowitz?
- 564 people in the United States had the surname Kowitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 547,421 Americans. It ranked 39,052nd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Kowitz?
- In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Kowitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- What type of surname is Kowitz?
- Kowitz is an occupational surname, named after the work an ancestor did.
- Is the surname Kowitz getting more or less common?
- Less common. 575 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 564 in 2010, down 1.9%.