How common is the surname Litz?

2,839 people in the United States had the surname Litz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,752 Americans. It ranked 11,153rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Litz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Litz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Litz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,839 in 2010, up 5.3%.

The surname Litz

A surname, carried by 2,839 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex L320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Litz is more common than 93.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,839 people named Litz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 108,752 Americans. That is up 5.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,695.

#11,153

rank among US surnames

2,839

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.3%

change since 2000 (was #10,855)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,146	Armand	2,841	108,675
#11,152	Lakes	2,840	108,713
#11,153	Litz	2,839	108,752
#11,154	Heyman	2,838	108,790
#11,156	Ranieri	2,837	108,828
#11,158	Stirling	2,836	108,867
#11,160	Helland	2,835	108,905

Who is named Litz

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

95% of people named Litz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
Two or more races 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Litz

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

Questions

How common is the surname Litz?: 2,839 people in the United States had the surname Litz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 108,752 Americans. It ranked 11,153rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Litz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Litz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Litz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,695 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,839 in 2010, up 5.3%.