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bitz Name Meaning and History

  1. probably from a topographic name for someone living near an enclosure, i.e. a fenced plot such as an orchard, from Middle High German bizune ‘enclosure’.
  2. habitational name from a place named with this word, in particular one near Balingen, Württemberg.
  3. Americanized spelling of Bütz(e) (see Butz 2).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bitz Families in the US in 1920
Number of bitz families
 25-47
 9-24		 1-8
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 18 - Messages: 65
ThreadAuthorReplies
John Bitz Bitz 10
bitz in monroe, mi. nannasan 1
From germany sebastian bitz 9
Descendents of Helen Blickensdorfer Bitz, Brooklyn/ Queens, NY Andrew Seubert 1
Sgt. Michael E. Bitz - War in Iraq - 2003 jasche 0
Bitz / Bitts of PA - Armstrong, Westmoreland & Allegheny JulieT829 5
Bitz / Wiest Connection in Worms, So. Russia hwiest 1
Descendants of Valentine Bitz Philipina Bosch Margaret_Bitz 3
Catharina Bitz (Betz) Elena_Gabriel 1
Bitz Prellberg family mwestphals1 5
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