Show ContentsFritze History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

The Fritze surname finds its roots in a Germanic personal name derived from of the word "frid" meaning "peace."

Early Origins of the Fritze family

The surname Fritze was first found in Bavaria, Brandenburg, Prussia, and Sweden, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century on the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation.

Early History of the Fritze family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fritze research. Another 167 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1547, 1590, 1636, 1647, 1654, 1686, 1697, 1715, 1721, 1725, 1730, 1742, 1766 and 1775 are included under the topic Early Fritze History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fritze Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fritze, Fritzsch, Fritzsche, Frick, Fritts and many more.

Early Notables of the Fritze family

Notables of the time with the name Fritze included Nikodemus Frischlin (1547-1590), a great humanist, who traveled throughout Europe; Samuel Fritz (1654-c.1725), a Czech Jesuit missionary from Trautenau, Bohemia, noted for his exploration of the Amazon River and its basin. Between 1686 and 1715, he founded thirty-eight missions along the length of the Amazon River.Barthold Fritz, the celebrated mechanician and maker of instruments...
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United States Fritze migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fritze Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Johann Andreas Fritze, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1772 [1]
Fritze Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Alex Fritze, who landed in North America in 1832 [1]
  • Eduard Fritze, who arrived in North America in 1832 [1]
  • Mr. Louis Fritze, aged 25, who landed in Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Dethardt" [1]
  • Fried Fritze, who arrived in Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Dethardt"
  • Joh Adolph Fritze, who arrived in America in 1844 [1]
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Fritze (post 1700) +

  • Fritze Carstensen (1925-2005), née Nathansen, a Danish silver medalist swimmer at the 1948 Summer Olympics


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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