Explore the Family Name Kintz

The meaning of Kintz

German: variant of Kinz and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this or of the cognate Künz (see Kunz).

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Kintz has seen a slight decrease in the United States between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Kintz was ranked the 16,271st most popular surname, but this dropped to 16,968th by 2010, a change of -4.28%. Despite this drop in rank, the actual number of individuals with the Kintz surname increased from 1,632 in 2000 to 1,675 in 2010, an uptick of 2.63%. However, when considered as a proportion of the population per 100,000 people, the presence of the surname decreased by 5% over this decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#16,271	#16,968	-4.28%
Count	1,632	1,675	2.63%
Proportion per 100k	0.6	0.57	-5%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Kintz

Regarding ethnicity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census indicates some shifts in the ethnic identity associated with the Kintz surname from 2000 to 2010. The majority of individuals identified as White, although there was a negligible decline from 95.22% to 94.69%. The Hispanic representation saw a significant increase of 27.23%, growing from 2.02% to 2.57%. The data also shows that for the first time in 2010, individuals identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black were associated with the surname. There was a minor increase in those identifying as American Indian and Alaskan Native (from 0.49% to 0.54%), while the share of individuals identifying with two or more races fell by 17.61%, from 1.59% to 1.31%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.22%	94.69%	-0.56%
Hispanic	2.02%	2.57%	27.23%
Two or More Races	1.59%	1.31%	-17.61%
Black	0%	0.54%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0.49%	0.54%	10.2%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0.36%	0%