Kantrowitz

English

Etymology

Jewish Ashkenazi surname, from a Germanized form of Polish Kantorowicz.

Proper noun

Kantrowitz (plural Kantrowitzes)

1. A surname from Polish.

Derived terms

• Kantrowitz limit

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kantrowitz is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Kantrowitz is most common among White (95.04%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kantrowitz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 274.