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Position:Home>Genealogy> What kind of Hispanic last name is Altiz or Altizer?Question: What kind of Hispanic last name is Altiz or Altizer?Like what country did it come from? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: altizer Americanized form of Dutch Althuyzer or German Alth?user, topographic name for someone who lived in ‘the old house’ or a habitational name from Althausen in Germany, named as ‘the old houses’. Compare German Althaus. Dictionary of American according to ancestry.com its place of origin is italy ------------ according to this website altiz is a variant of ates http://www.houseofnames.org/xq/asp.fc/qx... hope this helps I am very much of the belief that you are working with assumptions, and not facts. Using familysearch.org, there are indications that Altizer is a German name, not Hispanic. This is probably the number one question coming into the section, which isn't consistent with accurate research. "Where does my name(s) come from?" can run you down the wrong line, or no line whatsoever. The ONLY way that is accurate is actually researching the person(s) and not the name. That's the whole point of family history.. the use of verifiable records, concerning a person. |