Kritz

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, borrowed from German Kritz, from the noun Grütze (“grits”).
• Also as a German surname, Germanized Slavic form of the name Christian, influenced by Czech Kříž. Compare Kriz.
• Also as a German surname, variant of Kreutz, from Kreuz (“cross”); compare Cross.
• As a Jewish/Yiddish surname, from קראַץ (krats, “scratch”), for which see kratzen.

Proper noun

Kritz (plural Kritzes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kritz is the 40610^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 538 individuals. Kritz is most common among White (91.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kritz”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 354.