Grotz

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Grotz is a German language habitational surname for someone living by a pine forest.[1][2] Notable people with the name include:

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Grotz Surname". forebears.io. Retrieved 2022-09-11. Approximately 3,018 people bear this surname.
  2. ^ "Grotz Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-09-11. South German:: (Bavaria): Topographic name for someone living by a pine forest, from grotz 'pine forest'. Nickname from Alemannic and Swabian grotz 'little man shrimp', originally 'butt end' (e.g. of an apple).