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The Heitz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,852 people carried this name — #11,118 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 103,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 2,723 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 2,562 people named Heitz.

62 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 70 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 62
Bas-Rhin 1,410
Haut-Rhin 350
Moselle 165
Paris 108
Oise 44
Marne 42
Meurthe-et-Moselle 41
Seine-Maritime 30

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

258 people named Heitz live in Switzerland.

They live in 19 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 57
Basel-Landschaft 48
Basel-Stadt 41
Vaud 22
Valais 11
Aargau 10
Graubünden 9
Bern 9

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 Argentina’s national register

At least 31 people named Heitz 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 Buenos Aires Province.

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

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 19
Santa Fe 12

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

In print

Heitz in American newspapers,
1916–1923.

Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Heitz
Rock Springs Miner 1922-07-21
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Heitz
Rock Island Argus 1916-01-19
Newspaper page from Cottonwood Chronicle carrying the name Heitz
Cottonwood Chronicle 1923-11-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,792 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Heitz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emil Heitz
    Emil Heitz 1825–1890 · pedagogue
  • Emil Heitz
    Emil Heitz 1825–1890 · pedagogue
  • Jean-Henri Heitz 1731–1801 · printer
  • Friedrich Karl Heitz 1798–1867 · printer
  • Johann Heinrich Eduard Heitz 1835–1896 · printer
  • Johann Philipp Heitz 1850–1909 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

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Surnames next to Heitz.

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