How common is the surname Lantz?

12,169 people in the United States had the surname Lantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,371 Americans. It ranked 2,949th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Lantz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Lantz?

Walter Lantz, American animator (1899–1994), followed by Jörgen Lantz.

Where is the surname Lantz most common?

Wikidata records people named Lantz in the United States and Sweden.

Is the surname Lantz getting more or less common?

More common. 11,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,169 in 2010, up 4.0%.

The surname Lantz

A surname, carried by 12,169 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lantz is more common than 98.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 12,169 people named Lantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 25,371 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,698.

#2,949

rank among US surnames

12,169

people in 2010

4.1

per 100,000 Americans

+4%

change since 2000 (was #2,812)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#2,940	Herrick	12,202	25,303
#2,942	Nunes	12,191	25,326
#2,943	Harley	12,186	25,336
#2,944	Talbert	12,181	25,346
#2,946	Hopson	12,180	25,349
#2,947	Waterman	12,177	25,355
#2,948	Gao	12,172	25,365

Who is named Lantz

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

95% of people named Lantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Lantzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Walter Lantz
American animator (1899–1994)
Jörgen Lantz
Actor, born 1943

Notable Lantzs come mostly from the United States (1) and Sweden (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Lantz

Lantz has the Soundex code L532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L532.

Questions

How common is the surname Lantz?: 12,169 people in the United States had the surname Lantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 25,371 Americans. It ranked 2,949th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Lantz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Lantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Lantz?: Walter Lantz, American animator (1899–1994), followed by Jörgen Lantz.
Where is the surname Lantz most common?: Wikidata records people named Lantz in the United States and Sweden.
Is the surname Lantz getting more or less common?: More common. 11,698 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 12,169 in 2010, up 4.0%.