Kritz Family History
Kritz Name Meaning
German: metonymic occupational name for a gristmiller, from
Middle High German grütze ‘grits’.German: from a Slavic
form of the personal name Christian, possibly from Czech
Kríž (see Kriz).German: from a dialect
variant of Kreutz.Jewish (from Ukraine): nickname or
occupational nickname for a wool carder or barber, from Yiddish
krits ‘scratch’. Compare Kratzer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kritz Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kritz families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kritz families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kritz Family Origin
Kritz Immigration Information
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Kritz Family Occupations
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