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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Förtsch) : in Bavaria, a variant of Pfoertsch, probably a derisive nickname from Middle High German verz, vorz ‘fart’.
  • German (Förtsch) : habitational name for someone from a place named Förtschach or Förtschendorf.

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