Könitzer

surname · Latin script

Könitzer is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country. Recorded meaning: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Konitz in Pomerania, Moravia, and West Prussia, or Konitzer from Konitz in Thuringia, both of Slavic origin.

rarermore common
  • DEGermany≈1 in 135K(inferred from the name graph)
  • USUnited States1 in 734K
  • CHSwitzerland1 in 98K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Könitzer itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Germany (inferred from the name graph)

≈600 people, est.

Sources
128 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)

Switzerland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Konitzer in US United States, DE Germany, CA Canada and 3 more and Koenitzer in CH Switzerland, PA Panama.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name for someone from any of several places called Konitz in Pomerania, Moravia, and West Prussia, or Konitzer from Konitz in Thuringia, both of Slavic origin.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Attested across 11 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Könitzer counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Könitzer is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DE Germany≈600 est.≈1 in 135K—Konitzer64
US United States4531 in 734K464Konitzer128
NG Nigeria≈410 est.≈1 in 518K—Konitzer1
CH Switzerland861 in 98K86Koenitzer7
CA Canada≈72 est.≈1 in 522K—Konitzer9
NL Netherlands≈39 est.≈1 in 440K—Konitzer4
NZ New Zealand≈21 est.≈1 in 231K—Konitzer1
PA Panama≈9 est.≈1 in 443K—Koenitzer2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Könitzer is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Konitzer

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, France

    Also written Konitzer

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Konitzer

  • Spanish surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Nicaragua

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Konitzer

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Konitzer

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1800185019001950Christian Carl Könitzer, b. 1804Georg Könitzer, b. 1818Emil Carl Könitzer, b. 1831Karl Könitzer, b. 1854Wolfgang Könitzer, b. 1861Willi Fr. Könitzer, b. 1905

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 3 sources across 1 country.

Official registers attesting Könitzer
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CH SwitzerlandBFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames)202486#12,423

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • 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

What does the name Könitzer mean, and where does it come from?
habitational name for someone from any of several places called Konitz in Pomerania, Moravia, and West Prussia, or Konitzer from Konitz in Thuringia, both of Slavic origin. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
In which country does Könitzer have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 595 people named Könitzer in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled konitzer.
Where is Könitzer most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Könitzer is densest in Switzerland — about 1 in 98 thousand people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Könitzer?
In the United States, the national register counted 453 people named Könitzer in 2010, about 1 in 734 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

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.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Könitzer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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