How common is the surname Rantz?

723 people in the United States had the surname Rantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 427,034 Americans. It ranked 31,906th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Rantz?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Rantz?

Joseph Rantz, American rower (1914–2007).

Where is the surname Rantz most common?

Wikidata records people named Rantz in the United States.

Is the surname Rantz getting more or less common?

Less common. 746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 723 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Rantz

A surname, carried by 723 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R532

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Rantz is more common than 80.3% of them.

Origin

* As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Ranz, probably from the noun Ranzen (“knapsack”) or possibly ranzig (“rancid”). * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Ranc, itself from the German above.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 723 people named Rantz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 427,034 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 746.

#31,906

rank among US surnames

723

people in 2010

0.3

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #29,758)

Who is named Rantz

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

93% of people named Rantz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.4%
Two or more races 1.1%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Rantzs

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Rantz
American rower (1914–2007)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Rantz

Rantz has the Soundex code R532, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R532.

Questions

Where does the surname Rantz come from?: * As a German and Jewish surname, variant of Ranz, probably from the noun Ranzen (“knapsack”) or possibly ranzig (“rancid”). * As a Czech and Slovene surname, Americanized and Germanized from Ranc, itself from the German above.
How common is the surname Rantz?: 723 people in the United States had the surname Rantz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 427,034 Americans. It ranked 31,906th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Rantz?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Rantz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Rantz?: Joseph Rantz, American rower (1914–2007).
Where is the surname Rantz most common?: Wikidata records people named Rantz in the United States.
Is the surname Rantz getting more or less common?: Less common. 746 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 723 in 2010, down 3.1%.