Holzer
A German surname usually meaning someone from a wooded place or someone associated with wood or timber.
The #8,446 most common surname in the United States (2010 Census) — about 1 in every 78,943 Americans shares it.
Etymology
Holzer is a German surname built on Holz, meaning "wood" or "timber," with the agentive ending -er. In surname use, that can point either to a person who lived by a wood or wooded place, or to someone connected with wood as a material or trade. The name is therefore most naturally understood as "one from the wood/woods" or "one connected with wood."
History
The surname is found in German-speaking areas and also appears in related place-names and compounds built from Holz. Like many German surnames, it likely arose independently in more than one locality from the same basic word. It later spread beyond German-speaking Europe through migration, especially into North America.
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Fun fact
The same German root Holz appears in many surnames and place-names, so Holzer belongs to a large family of wood-related names.
From the historical record
“Holze 136. ♦Holzen 477. Holzer 338. ♦Holzerode 512. Holzgrefe 273. Holzhammer 279, 315.”
— Die Personennamen, insbesondere die Familiennamen