Waitz
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. weiӡ(e), mnd
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/weɪts/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Waitz is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- DEGermany
- USUnited States
- ATAustria
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Berufsname zu mhd. weiӡ(e), mnd. wete 'Weizen'; Bauer; 64+322 Belege.
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Waitz is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, Berufsname: wohl zu Weizenbauern/Weizenhandel; 386 Belege.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 5: Familiennamen nach Beruf und persönlichen Merkmalen
In German, from Wendish Vklf. vajco/vejce/vajko 'little egg'; compare Weitz, Waick
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
In German, wend. Vklf. vajco, vejce, vajko "kleines Ei". Weitz, Waick. Zu
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Georg Waitzb. 1813DEGerman historian for history of law and medieval studies (1813-1886)
- Clara Waitzb. 1818DEGerman, daughter of Friedrich Wilhelm Schelling, wife of Georg Waitz
- Theodor Waitzb. 1821DEGerman psychologist and anthropologist (1821-1864)
- Thekla Waitzb. 1862DEGerman politician (1862-1952)
- Sigismund Waitzb. 1864ATAustrian archbishop (1864–1941)
- Erich Waitzb. 1878DEOberstudienrat and senior teacher
- Robert Elie Waitzb. 1900FRFrench internist (1900–1978)
- Grete Waitzb. 1953NONorwegian marathon runner and former world record holder (1953–2011)
- Christoph Waitzb. 1960DEGerman politician
- Thomas Waitzb. 1973ATAustrian politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 17 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 332 | #64,670 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 273 | #67,522 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 106 | #153,769 |
| NO Norway | SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population) | — | 58 | #23,816 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 22 | #47,682 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 19 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 6 | #203,151 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames) | 2026 | 3 | — |
| BE Belgium | Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register) | 2008 | 3 | #121,562 |
| CZ Czechia | MVČR — living population register 2017 | — | 3 | #158,825 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 3 | #298,006 |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Waitz?
- A machine transcription gives /weɪts/ (IPA) for English.
- What does the name Waitz mean?
- Recorded meaning: Berufsname zu mhd. weiӡ(e), mnd.
- In which country does Waitz have the most bearers?
- Waitz is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/waitzThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Waitz”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.