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    The surname Putz

    A German surname, carried by 2,033 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex P320

    Putz: #14,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Putz #14,636, 2,033 people Putz: #14,636 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Putz #14,636, 2,033 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Putz is more common than 91% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Putz or Pütz.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,033 people named Putz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 151,867 Americans. That is up 0.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,019.

    #14,636
    rank among US surnames
    2,033
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.7%
    change since 2000 (was #13,759)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,631Lyda2,034151,792
    #14,636Wachtel2,033151,867
    #14,643Bombard2,032151,942

    Who is named Putz

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

    97% of people named Putz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • 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.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Putz

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

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Putz come from?
    Borrowed from German Putz or Pütz.
    How common is the surname Putz?
    2,033 people in the United States had the surname Putz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 151,867 Americans. It ranked 14,636th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Putz?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Putz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Putz getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,019 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,033 in 2010, up 0.7%.