Obitz Name Origin and Family Crest

Obitz is best understood alongside Opitz: both are German spellings of one family name. The name is generally explained as “Little Albrecht”.

• The same family of names includes Oppitz and Opitsch.
• French birth records list 105 children named Obitz between 1891 and 2000.
• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• Obitz writes “b” in place of the “p” found in Opitz, a typical scribal difference.

Obitz coat of arms

There is no single Obitz family crest for every bearer. Herald Lab researches the arms historically associated with the name and explains whose they were. Research your Obitz family history with a full surname report and painted coat of arms.