# Fritz (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/fritz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from German.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | German |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 33,224 |
| US rank (2010) | 1,055 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 9,293 people |
| Change since 2000 | +0.5% (33,068 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /fɹɪts/, 1 syllable |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Fritz in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 2.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 2.4% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Fritz in the United States and Austria.

## People named Fritz

- Taylor Fritz, American tennis player (born 1997)
- Marianne Fritz, Austrian writer (1948–2007)
- John Fritz, American engineer
- Martin Fritz, Austrian nordic combined skier

## Similar surnames

Freitas, Fritts, Fretz, Freitag, Fritsch, Fritch, Fritsche, Fritzler, Fortson, Fordyce, Fortes, Fertig.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.