How common is the surname Opitz?

1,557 people in the United States had the surname Opitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. It ranked 17,951st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Opitz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Opitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Opitz getting more or less common?

More common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,557 in 2010, up 1.6%.

The surname Opitz

A surname, carried by 1,557 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex O132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Opitz is more common than 88.9% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,557 people named Opitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. That is up 1.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,533.

#17,951

rank among US surnames

1,557

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+1.6%

change since 2000 (was #17,073)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#17,942	Navarette	1,558	198,168
#17,951	Tee	1,557	198,295
#17,958	Allbright	1,556	198,423

Who is named Opitz

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

94% of people named Opitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Questions

How common is the surname Opitz?: 1,557 people in the United States had the surname Opitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,295 Americans. It ranked 17,951st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Opitz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Opitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Opitz getting more or less common?: More common. 1,533 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,557 in 2010, up 1.6%.