Find out how popular the last name Blotz is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Blotz.

Blotz, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Blotz surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Blotz in America

Blotz is the 134712th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Blotz surname appeared 125 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Blotz.

We can also compare 2010 data for Blotz to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Blotz

The surname BLOTZ has its origins in Germany, where it first appeared in the 16th century. It is believed to be derived from the Old German word "blots," which means "bare" or "bald." This suggests that the name was originally a descriptive nickname given to someone who was bald or had very little hair.

The earliest recorded instances of the BLOTZ surname can be found in church records and local tax rolls from various regions of Germany, including Bavaria and Saxony. One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Blotz, who was born in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in 1521.

In the 17th century, the BLOTZ name appears in several historical documents, including the Thirty Years' War records, which mention a soldier named Jakob Blotz who fought for the Protestant forces. During this time, the name also began to spread to other parts of Europe, particularly to the Netherlands and Scandinavia, where it was sometimes anglicized as "Blots" or "Blotts."

One notable figure in the history of the BLOTZ surname was Johann Blotz, a German philosopher and theologian born in 1688 in Nuremberg. He wrote several influential works on ethics and religious philosophy and served as a professor at the University of Jena.

Another significant bearer of the BLOTZ name was Friedrich Blotz, a German artist who lived in the 19th century. He was known for his landscape paintings and was a member of the Düsseldorf school of painting.

In the 20th century, the BLOTZ surname gained some recognition through the work of Gerhard Blotz, a German architect born in 1908 in Munich. He was best known for his modernist designs and was involved in the reconstruction of several cities after World War II.

Other notable individuals with the BLOTZ surname include Helmut Blotz, a German Olympic swimmer who competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics, and Manfred Blotz, a German military officer and fighter pilot during World War II.

While the BLOTZ name is most prevalent in Germany and other parts of Central Europe, it has also spread to various other countries through immigration, particularly to the United States, Canada, and Australia.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Blotz

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Blotz.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Blotz was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Blotz has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Blotz was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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