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Meyer is particularly common in the Low German-speaking regions, especially in Lower Saxony (where it is more common than Müller). Bauer leads in eastern Upper German-speaking Bavaria. Rarer names tend to accumulate in the north and south. Huber is common in southern Bavaria and is, with the exception of Munich, the most frequent name in that ...
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,624 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The most common surname remains Smith; over two million Americans have that name and it is the most common name for white, native and multiracial residents. The most common name among black Americans was Williams and the most common name among Asian Americans was Nguyen. The name Wilson was 10th in the 2000 census but was replaced by Martinez ...
Carl Laemmle – pioneer in American filmmaking and a founder of one of the original major Hollywood movie studios; Ernst Lubitsch – acclaimed film director, special Academy Award winner [429] [430] Anthony Mann – film director and actor [431] Richard C. Meyer – German-American television and film editor; Russ Meyer – director and ...
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,624 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 12 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
Combining the two German words, one gets "a worker of wood", or, literally translated, "room man" or "room worker". [1] [2] [3] Within the United States, it is ranked as the 441st-most common surname. [4] German names were regularly Anglicized with immigration. Surnames were often translated, so in this case, Zimmerman would become Carpenter ...
Meyer is an originally German, Dutch and Jewish surname. With its numerous variants (Myer, Meyr, Meier, Meijer, Mayer, Maier, Mayr, Mair, Miers, etc.), it is a common ...