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Fitz Surname

33,941st Most Commonsurname in the World

Approximately 15,636 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in: United StatesHighest density in: Saint Lucia

Fitz Surname Definition:

This NF. word signifies 'son,' from Latin filius French fils). The old spelling is usually fiz, and another but rarer form is fltz. The spelling with t was an attempt to preserve the old sound of NF. z, which was pronounced ts. Like Mac in Gaelic it is prefixed to Norman names to signify descent.

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Fitz Surname Distribution Map

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• 2014
• 1901
• 1881
• 1880

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	5,831	1:62,161	7,281
Germany	3,133	1:25,696	3,399
Mexico	1,913	1:64,886	2,997
Austria	1,549	1:5,497	636
Brazil	780	1:274,454	10,566
South Africa	408	1:132,788	15,487
Argentina	294	1:145,386	12,315
Canada	270	1:136,465	14,092
England	261	1:213,479	18,261
Australia	225	1:119,981	13,219
Switzerland	145	1:56,641	7,220
Poland	142	1:267,667	33,058
Czechia	75	1:141,780	22,190
Hungary	60	1:163,605	14,496
Saint Lucia	52	1:3,438	512
Kuwait	48	1:79,181	9,331
Netherlands	43	1:392,725	41,894
Slovakia	40	1:133,411	24,423
Ireland	37	1:127,269	6,194
Russia	24	1:6,005,127	248,576
Sweden	18	1:547,042	39,827
Malta	18	1:23,904	1,289
New Zealand	16	1:283,020	24,643
Serbia	15	1:476,330	19,508
Jamaica	14	1:204,996	5,998
Spain	13	1:3,596,310	69,669
Northern Ireland	12	1:153,753	8,250
Israel	12	1:713,136	47,700
Philippines	11	1:9,203,475	207,772
Jersey	10	1:9,920	2,003
Wales	10	1:309,453	16,869
Thailand	10	1:7,063,834	426,148
Croatia	10	1:422,860	35,095
Ghana	9	1:3,002,299	11,581
France	9	1:7,380,302	306,885
United Arab Emirates	9	1:1,018,030	36,884
Scotland	9	1:594,869	21,724
Papua New Guinea	6	1:1,358,953	118,663
Liechtenstein	6	1:6,396	809
Italy	5	1:12,231,338	126,430
China	5	1:273,464,313	13,838
Pakistan	4	1:44,660,971	115,884
Honduras	4	1:2,204,110	6,397
Romania	4	1:5,019,468	62,922
Singapore	4	1:1,376,926	28,409
Cameroon	4	1:5,192,267	135,173
Kazakhstan	4	1:4,420,624	134,293
India	4	1:191,766,346	1,073,940
Indonesia	3	1:44,083,065	698,220
Norway	3	1:1,714,095	79,528
Nigeria	3	1:59,047,586	507,603
Taiwan	2	1:11,722,373	63,559
Barbados	2	1:143,724	1,981
Belarus	2	1:4,750,530	139,516
Uganda	2	1:19,519,640	189,114
Ukraine	2	1:22,761,348	425,733
Malaysia	2	1:14,747,112	316,340
Zimbabwe	2	1:7,719,120	118,432
Japan	2	1:63,922,146	62,827
Peru	2	1:15,892,062	51,966
Zambia	1	1:15,849,922	53,989
Kenya	1	1:46,179,900	103,372
Bahrain	1	1:1,348,608	10,432
Dominican Republic	1	1:10,432,932	36,508
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1:99,171	2,137
Hong Kong	1	1:7,335,483	16,643
Turkey	1	1:77,821,422	191,047
Trinidad and Tobago	1	1:1,363,975	22,013
Panama	1	1:3,912,258	17,195
Estonia	1	1:1,321,804	40,178
Lebanon	1	1:5,637,083	32,436
Swaziland	1	1:1,298,199	1,718
Suriname	1	1:552,616	9,664
Guam	1	1:160,121	4,893
Belgium	1	1:11,496,644	167,539
Cyprus	1	1:884,876	13,055
Guyana	1	1:762,221	14,420
Mauritius	1	1:1,293,417	16,552
Cayman Islands	1	1:63,893	2,384
Cuba	1	1:11,522,716	17,380
Moldova	1	1:3,561,368	78,271
Puerto Rico	1	1:3,550,139	9,109
Portugal	1	1:10,418,241	25,048
Colombia	1	1:47,774,072	44,230

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Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Ireland	6	1:738,311	21,113

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
England	141	1:172,875	14,534
Scotland	6	1:623,869	16,225

Place	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
United States	1,326	1:37,872	4,487

Fitz (3,900) may also be a first name.

Fitz Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This NF. word signifies 'son,' from Latin filius French fils). The old spelling is usually fiz, and another but rarer form is fltz. The spelling with t was an attempt to preserve the old sound of NF. z, which was pronounced ts. Like Mac in Gaelic it is prefixed to Norman names to signify descent. A later application of it has been to denote the many natural sons of royalty, as in Fitzclarence, Fitzjames, Fitzroy, Fitzwilliam.

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

- (Anglo-French-Latin) Son (of) [Anglo-French fiz (pron. fitz), Old French filz, fils, Latin filius, son] Fits- was occasionally used in Ireland to translate the Erse Mac- (Son) or Mac Giolla- (Son of the Servant or Disciple). The [Anglo-Norman] Fitzes sometimes permitted themselves to speak with scorn of the Os and Macs.—Macaulay, Hist. English, VI. (1858), ii. 130.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

Occurs at the present day as a surname without any addition. This is probably local, from the parish of Fitz in Shropshire; or it may be the Norman-French, Le Fitz, "the Son"-like Cousin, Frere, Brother, &c. Fiz. H.R.

— Patronymica Britannica (1860) by Mark Antony LowerSubmit the Meaning of This Surname for a Chance To Win a $60 Genealogy DNA TestDNA test informationDisplay Statistics on:

• Average Salary in:CanadaCanadaEnglandNorthern IrelandNorwayScotlandSouth AfricaUnited StatesWales
• Height:EarthEarth
• Religious Adherence in:IrelandIreland
• Political Affiliation in:United StatesUnited States

Fitz Demographics

Average Male Fitz Height

176.76 cmAverage male height (US): 175.3 cmSample size: 262 (2014)

Average Female Fitz Height

161.93 cmAverage female height (US): 161.5 cmSample size: 29 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Fitz Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Fitz Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Fitz (Arabic: فيتز, Russian: Фитз) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Fitz? popularity and diffusion

Fitz is the 33,941st most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 466,075 people. The surname Fitz is predominantly found in The Americas, where 55 percent of Fitz reside; 48 percent reside in North America and 36 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 112,202nd most prevalent first name globally It is held by 3,900 people.

The surname Fitz is most numerous in The United States, where it is carried by 5,831 people, or 1 in 62,161. In The United States Fitz is mostly concentrated in: Pennsylvania, where 10 percent reside, Ohio, where 7 percent reside and Texas, where 5 percent reside. Besides The United States this last name is found in 83 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 20 percent reside and Mexico, where 12 percent reside.

Fitz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Fitz has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Fitz surname expanded 440 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 185 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it expanded 617 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 150 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Fitz Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Fitz surname are 10.11% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 56.88% being registered with the political party.

The amount Fitz earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 36.16% less than the national average, earning 220,939 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 22.39% less than the national average, earning R 184,440 per year; in United States they earn 1.28% less than the national average, earning $42,596 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.73% more than the national average, earning $55,012 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Sort resultsIncidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A

Surname	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Fietz	89	4,233	/
FitzE	89	1,234	/
Feitz	89	533	/
Fittz	89	150	/
Faitz	89	94	/
Pfitz	89	74	/
Ffitz	89	6	/
FitzS	89	4	/
Fitzh	89	3	/
Foitz	89	1	/
Fuitz	89	1	/
Fitzz	89	1	/
Fiz	86	8,064	/
Pfitze	80	2	/
Pfaitz	80	1	/
Feittz	80	0	/
Faiz	75	189,150	/
Feiz	75	7,702	/
Fetz	75	2,849	/
Vitz	75	922	/
Fits	75	559	/
Fizh	75	482	/
Fiez	75	102	/
Pfiz	75	94	/
Ficz	75	79	/
Foiz	75	24	/
Fitc	75	17	/
Hfiz	75	13	/
Fuiz	75	4	/
Fizz	75	2	/
Fizs	75	1	/
Fétz	75	1	/
Fidz	75	1	/
Fitx	75	1	/
Fjtz	75	1	/
Fytz	75	0	/
Fitzsch	73	1	/
Faihstz	73	1	/
Fitch	67	33,044	/
Fitts	67	8,587	/
Vietz	67	1,192	/
Feutz	67	655	/
Veitz	67	365	/
Ficze	67	195	/
Fiets	67	182	/
Faaiz	67	97	/
Vaitz	67	81	/
Faits	67	80	/
Voitz	67	62	/
Faidz	67	53	/
Feetz	67	24	/
Feits	67	13	/
Pfaiz	67	12	/
Faizh	67	11	/
Fists	67	9	/
Fiths	67	7	/
Faizz	67	7	/
Fuits	67	4	/
Fetze	67	4	/
Fitzsche	67	3	/
Fitsh	67	3	/
Fhaiz	67	2	/
Featz	67	2	/
Vittz	67	1	/
Phitz	67	1	/
Fitcs	67	1	/
Fejtz	67	1	/
Fizch	67	1	/
Vfitc	67	1	/
Fojtz	67	1	/
Feitx	67	1	/
Fithc	67	1	/
Fichz	67	1	/
Fiecz	67	1	/
Fietzsch	67	1	/
Fedtz	67	1	/
Faitc	67	1	/
Hfiez	67	1	/
Fitse	67	1	/
Fitss	67	0	/
Fitce	67	0	/
Foits	67	0	/
Fettz	67	0	/

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Fitz Name Transliterations

Transliteration	ICU Latin	Percentage of Incidence
Fitz in the Russian language
Фитз	fitz	-
Fitz in the Arabic language
فيتز	fytz	-

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