How common is the surname Reitz?

7,604 people in the United States had the surname Reitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,603 Americans. It ranked 4,663rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Reitz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Reitz?

Ric Reitz, American actor, followed by Colin Reitz.

Where is the surname Reitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Reitz in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Reitz getting more or less common?

More common. 7,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,604 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Reitz

A surname, carried by 7,604 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex R320

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Reitz is more common than 97.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,604 people named Reitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 40,603 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,371.

#4,663

rank among US surnames

7,604

people in 2010

2.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #4,443)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,654	Halsey	7,619	40,523
#4,656	Borja	7,618	40,528
#4,657	Sparrow	7,614	40,550
#4,658	Martini	7,612	40,560
#4,659	McEwen	7,610	40,571
#4,660	Heflin	7,609	40,576
#4,661	Sparkman	7,607	40,587

Who is named Reitz

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

95% of people named Reitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Reitzs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Ric Reitz
American actor, born 1955
Colin Reitz
British athlete, born 1960

Notable Reitzs come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Reitz

Reitz has the Soundex code R320, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code R320.

Questions

How common is the surname Reitz?: 7,604 people in the United States had the surname Reitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 40,603 Americans. It ranked 4,663rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Reitz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Reitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Reitz?: Ric Reitz, American actor, followed by Colin Reitz.
Where is the surname Reitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Reitz in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Is the surname Reitz getting more or less common?: More common. 7,371 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,604 in 2010, up 3.2%.