Weitz Family History
Weitz Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a
wheat grower or dealer, from Middle High German weiz(e),
Yiddish veyts ‘wheat’. In some instances the Jewish name is
ornamental.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Weitz
Name Distribution of Weitz Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Weitz families
 59 - 116  20 - 58 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Weitz families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Weitz last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Weitz census records
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Weitz Family Origin
Weitz Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Weitz
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Weitz Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Weitz census records
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Weitz Civil War Service Records
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