Surname Spotlight: Kreuzer

Kreuzer and Kreutzer are two spellings with one history. Its meaning, shared with Kreutzer, is “Of the cross”. Before spelling was fixed, Kreutzer was also written Kreuzer. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. Related forms: Creutzer.

The 2010 census count for Kreuzer in the United States was 827, good for rank 28,777. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames.

Heraldry is personal: arms associated with the Kreutzer surname were borne by specific families, and sharing the name does not mean sharing the blazon. Want more than a summary? See the Kreuzer family name pack.