The Leitz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 996 people carried this name — #24,961 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is down 12% from 1,131 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 79 people named Leitz.
4 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 11 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
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
30 people named Leitz live in Switzerland.
They live in 5 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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.
Who carried it
People named Leitz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Ernst Leitz senior 1843–1920 · entrepreneur -
Ernst Leitz junior 1871–1956 · entrepreneur -
Louis Leitz 1846–1918 · inventor
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Ludwig Leitz 1867–1898 · entrepreneur
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Ernst Leitz 1906–1979 · politician
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Christian Leitz 1963– · historian
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Leitz.
- Leininger 4,765 · U.S. census
- Leis 2,855 · U.S. census
- Leiser 1,588 · U.S. census
- Leitao 598 · U.S. census
- Leite 3,123 · U.S. census
- Leitner 4,010 · U.S. census
- Leix 146 · U.S. census
- Lejeune 5,544 · U.S. census
- Leleux 681 · U.S. census
- Lelievre 295 · U.S. census
- Lelli 341 · U.S. census
- Lelong 115 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Leitz is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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