Ditz Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Spelled Ditz, the surname still points back to Dietz. In origin, the name means “Ruler of the people”. Ditz drops the “e” of Dietz, a simplification that clerks often made. Other spellings include Diz, Dietze and Dietzel.

Ditz ranked 76,275 in the 2010 US Census, with 252 people answering to the name. Between 1891 and 2000, 113 babies born in France were registered as Ditz, with the most births in 1951–1960.

Arms linked to Dietz and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Want more than a summary? See the Ditz family name pack.