How common is the surname Peltz?

2,639 people in the United States had the surname Peltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. It ranked 11,865th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Peltz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Peltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Peltz?

Nicola Peltz, American actress, followed by Will Peltz.

Where is the surname Peltz most common?

Wikidata records people named Peltz in the United States.

Is the surname Peltz getting more or less common?

More common. 2,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,639 in 2010, up 24%.

The surname Peltz

A surname, carried by 2,639 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Peltz is more common than 92.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,639 people named Peltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. That is up 24% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,126.

#11,865

rank among US surnames

2,639

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+24.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,175)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#11,856	Stage	2,641	116,905
#11,863	Bodie	2,640	116,949
#11,865	Kopec	2,639	116,993
#11,870	Douthit	2,638	117,038
#11,874	Bousquet	2,637	117,082

Who is named Peltz

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

94% of people named Peltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.6%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Peltzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Nicola Peltz
American actress, born 1995
Will Peltz
American actor, born 1986
Nelson Peltz
American businessman and art collector, born 1942

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Peltz

Peltz has the Soundex code P432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P432.

Questions

How common is the surname Peltz?: 2,639 people in the United States had the surname Peltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 116,993 Americans. It ranked 11,865th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Peltz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Peltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Peltz?: Nicola Peltz, American actress, followed by Will Peltz.
Where is the surname Peltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Peltz in the United States.
Is the surname Peltz getting more or less common?: More common. 2,126 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,639 in 2010, up 24%.