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The ritz Surname

ritz Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from a short form of the personal name Rizo, itself derived in part from Richard and in part from Heinrich (see Henry).
  2. probably an altered spelling of South German Rütz (see Ruetz).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The ritz name in History

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

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Distribution of ritz Families in the US in 1920
Number of ritz families
 100-198
 34-99		 1-33
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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