Leuzinger
Appearance
Leuzinger[1] and its diaspora variant Leutzinger[2] is a Swiss German habitational surname[3][4] denoting a person originally living in the Swiss hamlet of Leuzingen in the former municipality of Netstal in the Canton of Glarus and may refer to:
- Bruno Leuzinger (1886–1952), Swiss ice hockey player
- Franz Keller-Leuzinger (1835–1890), German explorer, painter, writer, illustrator and engineer
- George Leuzinger (1813–1892), Swiss Brazilian photographer
- James Leuzinger (born 1982), Swiss born British alpine skier
- Rudolf Leuzinger (1826–1896), Swiss cartographer
References
[edit]- ^ "Leuzinger Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
Approximately 2,065 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: Switzerland; Highest density in: Switzerland.
- ^ "Leutzinger Surname Meaning & Statistics". forebears.io. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
Approximately 392 people bear this surname. Most prevalent in: United States; Highest density in: United States.
- ^ "Leuzinger Name Meaning". ancestry.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
Swiss German: variant of Leutzinger.
- ^ "Leutzinger Name Meaning". ancestry.com (in German). Retrieved 2019-11-20.
Swiss German: probably from Leutz, a pet form of any of several Germanic personal names formed with liut 'people', 'tribe' + -inger, a suffix of affiliation.