The Wentz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,376 people carried this name — #4,231 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (8,395).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 99 people named Wentz.
3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 14 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 70 people named Wentz 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 Misiones.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
26 people named Wentz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Wentz,
with a public archive behind them.
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John S. Wentz 1838–1918 · surgeon -
Leonhard Wentz 1581–1655 · guildmaster
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James Monroe Wentz 1824–1906
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Jack Wentz 1863–1907 · baseball player
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Hilmer Wentz 1894–1984 · writer
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Theodor Wentz 1900– · entrepreneur
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Wentz.
- Wender 412 · U.S. census
- Wendling 3,855 · U.S. census
- Wenger 10,596 · U.S. census
- Weniger 435 · U.S. census
- Wenisch 195 · U.S. census
- Wenner 3,174 · U.S. census
- Wentzel 3,681 · U.S. census
- Wenzel 11,432 · U.S. census
- Werle 925 · U.S. census
- Werling 1,495 · U.S. census
- Werly 131 · U.S. census
- Wermuth 612 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Wentz is.
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