The kizer Surname

kizer Name Meaning and History

Americanized form of Dutch Keyser or German Kaiser.
Jewish (from Ukraine): habitational name for someone from the village of Kizya, now in Ukraine.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The kizer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kizer family name as far back in history as possible.

kizer Family Facts

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Distribution of kizer Families in the US in 1920

Number of kizer families

31-60

11-30

1-10

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Thread	Author	Replies
Need Help Getting Started	teresa	3
Mollie KIZER	Teresa N. Shay	7
Kizer Surname/Old Beech Cemetery Sumner Cty TN	chpp08	0
kizer	peggie	2
David Kizer from Tennessee	ozmagreenstone	4
John R. Kizer/ Randolph County, AR	kms113	3
Looking for Aunt	Rhoda Ann	3
John Kizer 1823	dsegelquist	4
HARRY ERNEST KIZER & MYRTLE CROCKETT KIZER	karenwalker48	0
Obit; Donna J. Dunfee 1931-2OO8	woodsman1953	0

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