Last name: FRITZ

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FRITZ : This last name is indexed 310,730 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

FRITZ : 1: German: from a pet form of the personal name Friedrich. This form of the surname is also found in Denmark Sweden the Netherlands and France (Alsace and Lorraine) and also in central European countries such as Slovenia Croatia Czechia and Slovakia where it is more often spelled in the Slavicized form Fric (see below).2: Americanized or Germanized form of Czech Slovak Slovenian and Croatian Fric: from the personal name Fric a pet form of German origin (see above) of Old Czech and Slovak Fridrich Slovenian Friderik Croatian Fridrik equivalents of German Friedrich.

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