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    The surname Wiltz

    A surname, carried by 2,861 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex W432

    Wiltz: #11,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Wiltz #11,095, 2,861 people Wiltz: #11,095 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Wiltz #11,095, 2,861 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Wiltz is more common than 93.2% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,861 people named Wiltz in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. That is up 9.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,611.

    #11,095
    rank among US surnames
    2,861
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.6%
    change since 2000 (was #11,146)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #11,086Mauck2,863107,840
    #11,092Mounce2,862107,878
    #11,095Loewen2,861107,915
    #11,099Lasater2,860107,953
    #11,101Granda2,859107,991
    #11,103Dearborn2,858108,029
    #11,104Toman2,857108,066

    Who is named Wiltz

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

    63% of people named Wiltz identified as Black (not Hispanic), 30% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Black (not Hispanic) 63%
    • White (not Hispanic) 30%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 2.6%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Wiltz

    Wiltz 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 Wiltz?
    2,861 people in the United States had the surname Wiltz in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 107,915 Americans. It ranked 11,095th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Wiltz?
    In the 2010 Census, 63% of people named Wiltz identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 30% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Wiltz getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,611 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,861 in 2010, up 9.6%.