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The Hitz surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,666 people carried this name — #17,047 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 178,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 1,616 in 2000.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,712 people named Hitz live in Switzerland.

They live in 23 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Zurich 515
Aargau 379
St. Gallen 155
Graubünden 146
Bern 108
Thurgau 62
Lucerne 42
Fribourg 37

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 95 people named Hitz.

5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Moselle.

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

Where they were born

Born outside France 5
Moselle 46
Meurthe-et-Moselle 13
Bas-Rhin 9
Vienne 8
Rhône 4
Paris 4
Aube 2
Seine-Saint-Denis 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 45 people named Hitz 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 Misiones.

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

Where they live today

Misiones 33
Buenos Aires Province 12

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

In print

Hitz in American newspapers,
1920–1928.

Newspaper page from The Lusk Herald carrying the name Hitz
The Lusk Herald 1928-04-05
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Hitz
The Milwaukee Leader 1920-10-09
Newspaper page from The Lusk Herald-standard carrying the name Hitz
The Lusk Herald-standard 1927-01-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,800 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Hitz,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dora Hitz
    Dora Hitz 1856–1924 · painter
  • William Hitz
    William Hitz 1872–1935 · judge
  • Johann Hitz 1772–1797
  • Hans Conrad Hitz 1798–1866 · painter
  • Franz Hitz 1828–1891 · composer
  • John Hitz 1828–1908 · superintendent

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

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Surnames next to Hitz.

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