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The surname Pietsch

A surname, carried by 1,753 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex P320

Pietsch: #16,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Pietsch #16,415, 1,753 people Pietsch: #16,415 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Pietsch #16,415, 1,753 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Pietsch is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

From the German surname, from a Slavic-influenced pet form of Peter. Compare Petsch.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,753 people named Pietsch in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,124 Americans. That is down 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,864.

#16,415
rank among US surnames
1,753
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
-6%
change since 2000 (was #14,634)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,407Dillion1,754176,024
#16,415Pietsch1,753176,124
#16,420Bardsley1,752176,225

Who is named Pietsch

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

94% of people named Pietsch identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 94%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
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 Pietsch

Pietsch has the Soundex code P320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code P320.

Questions

Where does the surname Pietsch come from?
From the German surname, from a Slavic-influenced pet form of Peter. Compare Petsch.
How common is the surname Pietsch?
1,753 people in the United States had the surname Pietsch in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,124 Americans. It ranked 16,415th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Pietsch?
In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Pietsch identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Pietsch getting more or less common?
Less common. 1,864 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,753 in 2010, down 6.0%.