Heitz is used as a family name or surname in Switzerland, Germany. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Heitz
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Switzerland, Germany
Meaning:

Surname Heitz is the variant form of Heitmann. Heath man.

The form of Heider. Dweller on, or near, uncultivated land covered by coarse grass and low bushes; the rustic or countryman.

Descendant of Heizo, a pet form of Heinrich meaning "home ruler," also a pet form of names beginning with Heid meaning "heath," as Haidrich and Haidulf.

How popular is Heitz?

Heitz is common in France, United States, Germany, Switzerland.

Heitz is ranked 37622 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Heitz bearers increased by 4.74 per cent in 2010 US census to 2852 since 2000, the surname slipped by 365 spots and ranked at 11118. The last name was found in around 10 per million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.2 96.62
Hispanic or Latino 2.24 1.54
Others 1.16 0.95
Heitz is quite popular family name mostly used in France while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 14006 people have been found who wears Heitz as their family name. Heitz is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Heitz:
1,200 France5,482
10,316 United States3,951
2,921 Germany3,653
Countries with hundreds of Heitz:
3,508 Switzerland373
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
1,017 Luxembourg86
89,981 Brazil69
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
57,418 Argentina48
18,334 Hungary44
66,382 Canada43
44,765 Netherlands38
29,541 Austria34
1,949 French Polynesia31
279,944 Thailand26
61,253 Australia25
51,586 Belgium21
101,561 England19
75,241 Spain11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
47,773 Mexico8
228,986 Philippines8

Immigrants to US

From Germany

Philipp Heitz hailed from France. 26 years old embarked for USA from Havre on Prince Arthur and arrived on June 17, 1852. 18 years old Carl Heitz, Tailor Jacobine Heitz, Tailor Ludw. Heitz, Tailor Nicol Heitz, Baptist Heitz, aged 1 month old, Cathar. Heitz, aged 2, Louis Heitz, Magdal. Heitz (32) Farmer, and 216 other Heitz around 59.26% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and baker, merchant, smith, weaver, servant, joiner, blacksmith, carpenter, butcher migrated to US.

Heitz Namesakes

  • Steve Heitzeg, Composer
  • Bjornemyr & Danelia Utsva Heitz, Musical Artist
  • Jane Galloway Heitz, Actress
  • Kristen Heitzmann, Author
  • Markus Heitz, Author
  • Steve Heitzeg, Composer
  • Regine Heitzer, Olympic athlete
  • Sébastien Heitzmann, Soccer player
  • Sébastien Heitzmann, Soccer player
  • Wm. Ray Heitzmann, Author

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