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The surname Shurtz

A surname, carried by 1,374 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S632

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Shurtz is more common than 87.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,374 people named Shurtz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. That is up 4.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,321.

#19,628
rank among US surnames
1,374
people in 2010
0.5
per 100,000 Americans
+4%
change since 2000 (was #19,059)

Who is named Shurtz

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

95% of people named Shurtz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Two or more races 1.3%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Shurtz

Shurtz has the Soundex code S632, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S632.

Questions

How common is the surname Shurtz?
1,374 people in the United States had the surname Shurtz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 224,706 Americans. It ranked 19,628th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Shurtz?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Shurtz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Shurtz getting more or less common?
More common. 1,321 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,374 in 2010, up 4.0%.