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The bitz Surname

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
 0
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