Explore the Family Name Houtz

The meaning of Houtz

Americanized form of German Hautz.

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

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

Based on the data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Houtz saw slight changes between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, the Houtz surname ranked 13,075 in popularity and by 2010, it had slipped to a rank of 13,911 – a decrease of 6.39%. Despite this slip in rank, the actual count of people with the Houtz surname increased marginally from 2,147 in 2000 to 2,171 in 2010, reflecting a growth rate of 1.12%. However, the proportion of individuals bearing the Houtz surname per 100k population saw a decline of 7.5% during the same period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,075	#13,911	-6.39%
Count	2,147	2,171	1.12%
Proportion per 100k	0.8	0.74	-7.5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Houtz

In terms of ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates that most individuals with the Houtz surname identified as White in both 2000 (97.72%) and 2010 (96.18%), although there was a slight decrease of 1.58% over the decade. The next largest ethnic identity was those identifying as Hispanic, which saw significant growth from 0.65% in 2000 to 1.89% in 2010 - an increase of 190.77%. Individuals identifying with two or more races also increased from 0.65% in 2000 to 0.78% in 2010. There is also a small representation of the Asian/Pacific Islander category in 2010, marking a new entry into the ethnicity distribution for this surname. The American Indian and Alaskan Native category, however, disappeared entirely from the 2010 census after a 0.56% representation in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	97.72%	96.18%	-1.58%
Hispanic	0.65%	1.89%	190.77%
Two or More Races	0.65%	0.78%	20%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.55%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.56%	0%	0%