Surname Spotlight: Spitz

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Spitz is usually a form of Spitzer. Its meaning, shared with Spitzer, is “Someone living near a peak or from a place called Spitz”. Before spelling was fixed, Spitzer was also written Spitz.

Spitz ranked 9,298 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,500 people answering to the name. From 1891 to 2000, 2,028 births in France were registered under Spitz.

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