How common is the surname Waltz?

6,819 people in the United States had the surname Waltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,277 Americans. It ranked 5,131st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Waltz?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Waltz?

Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor (born 1956), followed by Kenneth Waltz.

Where is the surname Waltz most common?

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

Is the surname Waltz getting more or less common?

More common. 6,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,819 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Waltz

A surname, carried by 6,819 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex W432

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Waltz is more common than 96.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 6,819 people named Waltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 45,277 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 6,602.

#5,131

rank among US surnames

6,819

people in 2010

2.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #4,884)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,122	Flagg	6,834	45,178
#5,123	Bonham	6,832	45,191
#5,124	Hughey	6,830	45,204
#5,125	Totten	6,828	45,218
#5,127	Lien	6,827	45,224
#5,128	Nelsen	6,825	45,237
#5,129	Anton	6,823	45,251

Who is named Waltz

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

95% of people named Waltz identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Waltzs

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Christoph Waltz
Austrian-German actor (born 1956)
Kenneth Waltz
American political scientist and international relations theoretician (1924-2013)
Lisa Waltz
American actress, born 1961

Notable Waltzs come mostly from the United States (2) and Austria (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Waltz

Wiltz

Waltz has the Soundex code W432, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code W432.

Questions

How common is the surname Waltz?: 6,819 people in the United States had the surname Waltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 45,277 Americans. It ranked 5,131st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Waltz?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Waltz identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Waltz?: Christoph Waltz, Austrian-German actor (born 1956), followed by Kenneth Waltz.
Where is the surname Waltz most common?: Wikidata records people named Waltz in the United States and Austria.
Is the surname Waltz getting more or less common?: More common. 6,602 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,819 in 2010, up 3.3%.