Wirtz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Wirtz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,166 people carried this name — #7,942 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,023 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 497 people named Wirtz.

42 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 32 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 42
Moselle 115
Haut-Rhin 78
Bas-Rhin 76
Meurthe-et-Moselle 37
Paris 36
Haute-Marne 24
Ardennes 19
Meuse 14

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

In Belgium’s population register

At least 251 people named Wirtz 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 Liège.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Liège 115
Luxembourg Province 57
Namur 54
Brussels-Capital 19
Antwerp 6

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

106 people named Wirtz live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

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

Where they live today

Zurich 31
Vaud 15
Bern 12
Graubünden 11
Aargau 9
Basel-Stadt 8
Lucerne 7
Thurgau 5

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 92 people named Wirtz 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 61
La Pampa 31

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

In print

Wirtz in American newspapers,
1865–1919.

Newspaper page from Fitzgerald Enterprise carrying the name Wirtz
Fitzgerald Enterprise 1904-12-15
Newspaper page from Daily Ohio Statesman carrying the name Wirtz
Daily Ohio Statesman 1865-08-23
Newspaper page from Free Trader-journal carrying the name Wirtz
Free Trader-journal 1919-05-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,680 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Wirtz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Carel Wirtz
    Carel Wirtz 1841–1935 · pianist
  • Veronique Wirtz d. 1970
  • Friedrich Johann Xavier Wirtz 1798–1864 · music educator
  • Friedrich Johann Xavier Wirtz 1799–1864 · music educator
  • Johann Maria Wirtz 1805– · physician
  • Heinrich Wirtz 1814–1884

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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