How common is the surname Kretz?

1,112 people in the United States had the surname Kretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,649 Americans. It ranked 22,989th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Kretz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Kretz getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,112 in 2010, down 3.2%.

The surname Kretz

A surname, carried by 1,112 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex K632

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kretz is more common than 85.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,112 people named Kretz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 277,649 Americans. That is down 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,149.

#22,989

rank among US surnames

1,112

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-3.2%

change since 2000 (was #21,265)

Who is named Kretz

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

93% of people named Kretz identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Kretz

Kretz has the Soundex code K632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code K632.

Questions

How common is the surname Kretz?: 1,112 people in the United States had the surname Kretz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 277,649 Americans. It ranked 22,989th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Kretz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Kretz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Kretz getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,149 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,112 in 2010, down 3.2%.