German, Dutch, Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal
name Moritz, a variant of Mauritz (see Morris).
Among Jews it was sometimes assumed as a surname by bearers of the
personal name Moses, as the two names have some phonetic
similarity.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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