The Horowitz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,671 people carried this name — #3,674 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 30,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,379 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Horowitz surname

From German Horowitz and Yiddish האָראָװיץ (horovits), named after Horowitz (Czech Hořovice), a town with a large Jewish population in the Late Middle Ages.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Horowitz» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 58 people named Horowitz live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

City of Buenos Aires 45
Buenos Aires Province 13

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

In Belgium’s population register

At least 57 people named Horowitz live in Belgium.

Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Antwerp 57

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 35 people named Horowitz.

16 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 5 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 16
Paris 9
Yvelines 5
Alpes-Maritimes 3
Meurthe-et-Moselle 1
Val-de-Marne 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

22 people named Horowitz live in Switzerland.

They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Geneva 12
Zurich 6
Basel-Stadt 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In print

Horowitz in American newspapers,
1920–1921.

Newspaper page from The Jewish Monitor carrying the name Horowitz
The Jewish Monitor 1920-06-18
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Horowitz
The Evening World 1921-08-13
Newspaper page from The Copper Era And Morenci Leader carrying the name Horowitz
The Copper Era And Morenci Leader 1920-03-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 273 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Horowitz in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

1,408 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Horowitz. The most, 301, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 430
Victoria 416
New South Wales 282
Queensland 210
South Australia 40
ACT (Canberra) 15
Tasmania 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Horowitz.

Who carried it

People named Horowitz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lazar Horowitz
    Lazar Horowitz 1803–1868 · rabbi
  • Lazar Horowitz
    Lazar Horowitz 1804–1868 · rabbi
  • Avraham Śimḥah Horoṿiṭts d. 1916 · Rebbe
  • Isaiah Halevi Horowitz d. 1689
  • Isaiah Horowitz 1565–1630 · rabbi
  • Pinchas Horowitz 1731–1805 · rabbi

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Horowitz,
in the records of 6 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States5,987 records

5,987 records of the Horowitz name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3,650
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1,197
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 668
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 230
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Arthur Horowitz

    Born 1924 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; shipping clerk from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Reizie Horowitz

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Blucher from Hamburg, aged 20; dressmaker. From Zborow, Austria; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Stephen J. Horowitz

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1940, died 1993; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 5,987 records for Horowitz in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands57 records

57 records of the Horowitz name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 37
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 20
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Michael David Horowitz

    Married in 1909 in Amsterdam; chemist.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sabine Horowitz

    Died 1932 in Heerlen; born in Düsseldorf, Germany.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Josef Horowitz

    In the population register of 's-Gravenhage; born 1865 in Sereth.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 57 records for Horowitz in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Horowitz name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Josef Horowitz

    Builder of Caulfield, Victoria; died 1987.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record May Horowitz

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Suevic, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Solomon Horowitz

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Horowitz in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France14 records

14 records of the Horowitz name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Philippe Horowitz

    Born 1933 in Paris; died 2000 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Suzanne Regine Horowitz

    Born 1928 in Germany; died 1999 in Créteil (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Maria Horowitz

    Born 1908 in Romania; died 1994 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Horowitz in France.

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Horowitz name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Mabel Mary Horowitz

    Died 1957; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Oskar Horowitz

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Germany2 records

2 records of the Horowitz name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Abraham Horowitz

    From Frankfurt a. M. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 12 November 1915; then listed as returned from captivity in the German casualty list of 3 February 1919 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 30).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Georg Horowitz

    From Berlin-Wilmersdorf. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 21 January 1915 (Reserve Jäger Battalion No. 16).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

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