The Kreitz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 849 people carried this name — #28,176 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 344,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (848).
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 54 people named Kreitz.
6 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 8 départements, most often Paris.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
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 32 people named Kreitz 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
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
30 people named Kreitz is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
Who carried it
People named Kreitz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jon C. Kreitz 1963– · military personnel -
Willy Kreitz 1903–1982 · sculptor
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Friedrich Kreitz 1913–
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Isabel Kreitz 1967– · comics artist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Kreitz.
- Kreb 129 · U.S. census
- Kreber 168 · U.S. census
- Krebs 11,067 · U.S. census
- Kreder 194 · U.S. census
- Krein 1,057 · U.S. census
- Kreiss 487 · U.S. census
- Kremer 7,784 · U.S. census
- Kremp 167 · U.S. census
- Kremser 245 · U.S. census
- Kress 7,528 · U.S. census
- Kretz 1,112 · U.S. census
- Kreutter 181 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Kreitz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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