Bitz surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Bitz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,295 people carried this name — #20,491 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 227,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,256 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

205 people named Bitz live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Valais.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Valais 140
Geneva 17
Vaud 15
Bern 10
Zurich 7
Aargau 5
Fribourg 5
Neuchâtel 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 121 people named Bitz.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Bas-Rhin 81
Meurthe-et-Moselle 7
Seine-Saint-Denis 5
Somme 5
Isère 4
Paris 3
Pas-de-Calais 2
Marne 2

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 97 people named Bitz live in Argentina.

RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Entre Ríos.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Entre Ríos 51
Buenos Aires Province 34
Santa Fe 12

RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Bitz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Konrad Bitz 1500–1489 · Catholic priest
  • Carl Bitz 1887–1966 · diplomat
  • Hein Bitz 1914–1987 · singer
  • Michael Bitz 1943– · economist
  • Hermann Bitz 1950– · association football player
  • Claude Bitz 1953– · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

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