The Spitz surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,500 people carried this name — #9,298 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,409 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 898 people named Spitz.
36 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 50 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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
265 people named Spitz live in Switzerland.
They live in 15 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in St. Gallen.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 61 people named Spitz 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 39 people named Spitz live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Spitz in American newspapers,
1893.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 53,475 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Spitz,
with a public archive behind them.
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Zacharias Spitz d. 1883 · rabbi -
Erhard Spitz d. 1730 · jurist
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Isaac Spitz 1766–1842 · poet
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Andreas Spitz 1783–1811 · monk
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Josef Spitz 1809–1866 · teacher
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Anna Spitz 1813–1899
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Spitz.
- Spinner 3,420 · U.S. census
- Spinosa 932 · U.S. census
- Spinosi 196 · U.S. census
- Spire 369 · U.S. census
- Spiteri 607 · U.S. census
- Spittler 863 · U.S. census
- Spitzer 7,027 · U.S. census
- Spohr 675 · U.S. census
- Spoor 1,487 · U.S. census
- Spor 402 · U.S. census
- Sportiello 129 · U.S. census
- Sposito 669 · U.S. census
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