Moritz

Moritz is the 5,547th most common surname in the United States, shared by 6,055 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 49,400.

By the numbers

People: 6,055
Rank: 5,547th
How common: 1 in 49,400
Per 100,000: 2.0

Where the name comes from

Origin German

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Moritz described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 91.8%
Hispanic or Latino 3.9%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.9%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.8%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.5%
Black, not Hispanic 0.3%

Notable people called Moritz

Karl Philipp Moritz (1757–1793)German author, editor and essayist
Neal H. Moritz (born 1959)American film producer
Christoph Moritz (born 1990)German footballer
Prince Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926–2013)Prince and Landgrave of Hesse
André Moritz (born 1986)Brazilian footballer and manager
Michael Moritz (born 1954)British businessman

People named Moritz with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Moritz

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.