Patz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: singular imperative of patzen
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/peɪts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Patz is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 51K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 327K
- GHGhana≈1 in 64K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Patz itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 224 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 51K (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,600 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
singular imperative of patzen
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Where in the world(measured from records)
Patz counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 51K | listed | Patz | 90 |
| US United States | 1,017 | 1 in 327K | 1.1K | Patz | 224 |
| EG Egypt | ≈730 est. | ≈1 in 143K | — | Patz | 2 |
| GH Ghana | ≈460 est. | ≈1 in 64K | — | Patz | 2 |
| AR Argentina | 246as Paetz | 1 in 185K | 246 | — | — |
| AT Austria | ≈79 est. | ≈1 in 112K | — | Patz | 20 |
| IE Ireland | ≈51 est. | ≈1 in 102K | — | Patz | 2 |
| PS Palestine | ≈40 est. | ≈1 in 121K | — | Patz | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Patz is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Wendish paz, 'oven'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In Occitan, peace
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Basque, ( G-to, L-ain, BNc ap. A ). Liendre. v. bartz.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Frank Duvalb. 1940DEnot in their usual nameGerman musician
- Jerzy Patzb. 1953PLPolish officer
- Kevin Charles Patzb. 1956USHIV activist (1956-2020)
- Danièle Patzb. 1964LULuxembourgish singer
- Flemming Patzb. 1967SESwedish male curler and coach
- Eric Patzb. 1972DEGerman badminton player
- Johannes Patzb. 1993SESwedish male curler
- Pauline Patzb. 2005DEGerman Luger
- Jonathan A. PatzUShealth and environment researcher
- Sophia PatzDEGerman association football player
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 1.1K | #23,366 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 1.1K | #22,222 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 1K | #24,572 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Patz mean, and where does it come from?
- singular imperative of patzen Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Patz?
- A machine transcription gives /peɪts/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Patz have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.6 thousand people named Patz in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled patz.
- How common is the name Patz?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,017 people named Patz in 2010, about 1 in 327 thousand residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/patzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Patz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.