Explore the Family Name Balz

The meaning of Balz

German: variant of Baltz. Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Gunther, Kurt, Merwin, Rainer.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

How common is the last name Balz in the United States?

According to the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Balz experienced a significant decrease between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it ranked 45,482nd in terms of popularity, but by 2010 it had fallen to 63,524th, a decline of around 39.67 percent. Similarly, the count of people with this surname dropped from 443 in 2000 to 314 in 2010, which represents a decrease of nearly 29.12 percent. The proportion of people with the surname per 100,000 also declined, dropping from 0.16 to 0.11, marking a reduction of about 31.25 percent.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#45,482	#63,524	-39.67%
Count	443	314	-29.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.16	0.11	-31.25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Balz

On the other hand, the ethnic identity associated with the surname Balz saw some changes over the same decade, as reflected in the data from the Decennial U.S. Census. While the percentage of those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in 2000 was 1.35, this figure fell to zero by 2010. Conversely, those identifying with two or more races increased from 2.03 percent to 3.18 percent during this period. The proportion of individuals identifying as White saw a slight increase from 88.94 to 89.81 percent. Meanwhile, the Hispanic representation decreased from 7.22 percent to 5.73 percent. There were no changes for Black and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities as they remained at zero percent throughout the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
White	88.94%	89.81%	0.98%
Hispanic	7.22%	5.73%	-20.64%
Two or More Races	2.03%	3.18%	56.65%
Asian/Pacific Islander	1.35%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%