German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational nickname for a
wool carder or a barber from an agent derivative of Middle High
German, German kratzen, Yiddish kratsn ‘to
scratch’.patronymic from Kratz 1.German: patronymic
from Kratz.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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