Last name: MORITZ

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MORITZ : This last name is indexed 119,618 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

MORITZ : German Dutch Danish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the personal name Moritz a variant of Mauritz (from Latin Mauritius; see Morris). Among Jews it was sometimes assumed as a surname by bearers of the personal names Mordecai and Moses.

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