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    The surname Lietz

    A surname, carried by 1,602 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex L320

    Lietz: #17,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lietz #17,559, 1,602 people Lietz: #17,559 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lietz #17,559, 1,602 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lietz is more common than 89.2% of them.

    Origin

    From German Lietz.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,602 people named Lietz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 192,725 Americans. That is down 2.4% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,641.

    #17,559
    rank among US surnames
    1,602
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -2.4%
    change since 2000 (was #16,194)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #17,551Farney1,603192,605
    #17,559Cambridge1,602192,725
    #17,565Herdman1,601192,845

    Who is named Lietz

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

    96% of people named Lietz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lietz

    Lietz has the Soundex code L320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L320.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Lietz come from?
    From German Lietz.
    How common is the surname Lietz?
    1,602 people in the United States had the surname Lietz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 192,725 Americans. It ranked 17,559th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lietz?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Lietz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Lietz getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,641 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,602 in 2010, down 2.4%.