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    The surname Kritz

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

    1 syllable Soundex K632

    Kritz: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Kritz #40,610, 538 people Kritz: #40,610 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Kritz #40,610, 538 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Kritz is more common than 75% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    * As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”). * Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross. * As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, from קראַץ (krats, “scratch”), for which see kratzen.

    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 538 people named Kritz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. That is down 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 614.

    #40,610
    rank among US surnames
    538
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    -12.4%
    change since 2000 (was #34,799)

    Who is named Kritz

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

    92% of people named Kritz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 2.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.8%
    • Two or more races 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Kritz

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Kritz come from?
    * As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”). * Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz. * Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross. * As a…
    How common is the surname Kritz?
    538 people in the United States had the surname Kritz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 573,876 Americans. It ranked 40,610th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Kritz?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Kritz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
    Is the surname Kritz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 614 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 538 in 2010, down 12%.