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

The Reitz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 7,371 people carried this name — #4,443 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,600 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 258 people named Reitz.

10 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Moselle.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 10
Moselle 103
Paris 26
Meurthe-et-Moselle 25
Ardennes 9
Haut-Rhin 9
Yvelines 8
Bas-Rhin 8
Val-de-Marne 7

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

72 people named Reitz live in Switzerland.

They live in 6 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

Zurich 27
Vaud 18
Aargau 12
Bern 7
Geneva 4
St. Gallen 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Reitz is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

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