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The kertz Surname

kertz Name Meaning and History

  1. from Gero, Kero, a reduced and altered form of the personal name Gerhard (see Gerhardt), or sometimes a nickname for a greedy person, from Middle High German gere ‘greed’.
  2. from Middle High German kerze ‘candle’, applied as a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a candle or as a metonymic occupational name for a candle maker.
  3. from Polish Kierz, a topographic name from kierz ‘small bush’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of kertz Families in the US in 1920
Number of kertz families
 14-26
 5-13		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Felix Kertz, bio ccountr1 0
John Appolonia Kertz Kathy Kreitler 5
Kertz Family Cemetery Transcriptions Katie C. Wells 0
Victor Kertz Biography Katie C. Wells 0
John L. Kertz Biography Katie C. Wells 0
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Christian KERTZ 1835-1915 Germany to WI Suzanne Rice 0
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