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The moritz Surname

moritz Name Meaning and History

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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The moritz name in History

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

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Distribution of moritz Families in the US in 1920
Number of moritz families
 51-100
 18-50		 1-17
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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