How common is the surname Spitz?

3,500 people in the United States had the surname Spitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. It ranked 9,298th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Spitz?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Spitz?

Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer (born 1950), followed by René Spitz.

Where is the surname Spitz most common?

Wikidata records people named Spitz in the United States and Austria.

Is the surname Spitz getting more or less common?

More common. 3,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,500 in 2010, up 2.7%.

The surname Spitz

A surname, carried by 3,500 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex S132

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Spitz is more common than 94.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,500 people named Spitz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. That is up 2.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,409.

#9,298

rank among US surnames

3,500

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+2.7%

change since 2000 (was #8,841)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,291	Heald	3,503	88,137
#9,293	Slusser	3,502	88,163
#9,297	Shamblin	3,501	88,188
#9,298	Spitz	3,500	88,213
#9,301	Robillard	3,499	88,238
#9,307	Amoroso	3,498	88,263

Who is named Spitz

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

94% of people named Spitz identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.9% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
Two or more races 1.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Spitzs

5 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mark Spitz
American Olympic swimmer (born 1950)
René Spitz
Austrian-American psychoanalyst, 1887–1974
Dan Spitz
American guitarist, born 1963
Dave Spitz
Bass Player, born 1958
Marc Spitz
American music journalist (1969–2017)

Notable Spitzs come mostly from the United States (4) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Spitz

Spitz has the Soundex code S132, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S132.

Questions

How common is the surname Spitz?: 3,500 people in the United States had the surname Spitz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 88,213 Americans. It ranked 9,298th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Spitz?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Spitz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Spitz?: Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer (born 1950), followed by René Spitz.
Where is the surname Spitz most common?: Wikidata records people named Spitz in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Spitz getting more or less common?: More common. 3,409 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,500 in 2010, up 2.7%.