Kurtzer Family Crest and Last Name Background

Your Kurtzer ancestor may well appear as Kurz in earlier records. Its meaning, shared with Kurz, is “Short”.

Spelling and variants

The ending -tzer in Kurtzer marks an German derivative of the root behind Kurz. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. Other spellings include Kurzer, Kurtz and Kurze.

Kurtzer by the numbers

The 2010 census count for Kurtzer in the United States was 274, good for rank 71,265.

Heraldry and the Kurtzer name

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Kurtzer, so the heraldry linked to Kurz is a starting point, not an automatic right.

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