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katz Name Meaning and History

  1. Jewish (Ashkenazic): acronym from the Hebrew phrase kohen tsedek ‘priest of righteousness’ (see Cohen).
  2. German: nickname from Katz(e) ‘cat’. Compare English Catt.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of katz Families in the US in 1920
Number of katz families
 1122-2241
 375-1121
 1-374
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