as a Last Name
- 3,452
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Fetzer
Meaning & Origins
German: 1. occupational name for a ragman, from an agent derivative of Middle High German vetze ‘scrap’, ‘rag’ or vetzen ‘to tear or shred’. 2. topographic name for someone who lived in a marshy area, from Swabian Fätsche ‘marsh’. 3. altered spelling of Pfetzer, a nickname from Middle High German phetzen ‘to pinch’.
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- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,452
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- North Dakota
- has the most people named Fetzer per capita
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