# Moretz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/moretz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 2,051 |
| US rank (2010) | 14,532 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 150,534 people |
| Change since 2000 | +7.6% (1,906 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Moretz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 94% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Moretz in the United States.

## People named Moretz

- Chloë Grace Moretz, American actress (born 1997)

## Similar surnames

Martz, Mertz, Moritz, Murdock, Murdoch, Mardis, Martucci, Maradiaga, Murtagh, Mertes, Murtaugh, Murdaugh.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.