The Witz surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 857 people carried this name — #26,717 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 312,500 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 598 people named Witz.

26 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Bas-Rhin.

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Where they were born

Born outside France 26

Bas-Rhin 272

Haut-Rhin 87

Moselle 43

Meurthe-et-Moselle 26

Aube 23

Paris 21

Meuse 13

Vosges 13

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

81 people named Witz live in Switzerland.

They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

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

Where they live today

Vaud 28

Bern 13

Zurich 10

Valais 10

Ticino 4

Aargau 4

Fribourg 3

Basel-Stadt 3

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.

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