The Wantz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 685 people carried this name — #33,343 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 434,800 people counted. That is down 10% from 758 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 368 people named Wantz.
11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 28 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
42 people named Wantz live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Fribourg.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Wantz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marcel Wantz 1911–1979
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Alex Wantz 1912–1993 · politician
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Dominique Wantz 1913–1973 · association football player
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Dick Wantz 1940–1965 · baseball player
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Gaby Leytem-Wantz 1945– · politician
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Olivier Wantz 1960–
Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wantz.
- Wambach 779 · U.S. census
- Wambeke 243 · U.S. census
- Wander 944 · U.S. census
- Wane 302 · U.S. census
- Wang 109,883 · U.S. census
- Wanner 4,411 · U.S. census
- Warchol 1,059 · U.S. census
- Ward 260,464 · U.S. census
- Wargnier 109 · U.S. census
- Warin 100 · U.S. census
- Warme 125 · U.S. census
- Warner 83,781 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wantz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.