# Waltz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/waltz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 6,819 |
| US rank (2010) | 5,131 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 45,277 people |
| Change since 2000 | +3.3% (6,602 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Waltz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 95% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.6% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.3% |

## Where

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

## People named Waltz

- Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor (born 1956)
- Kenneth Waltz, American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1924-2013)
- Lisa Waltz, American actress

## Similar surnames

Wiltz, Wilds, Wiltshire, Willits, Wiltse, Wildes, Waldeck, Waldschmidt.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.