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According to German alphabetical sorting, people with von in their surnames – of noble or non-noble descent alike – are listed in telephone books and other files under the rest of their names (e.g., the economist Ludwig von Mises would have been found under M in the phone book rather than V).
The common names Schmidt and Schmitz lead in the central German-speaking and eastern Low German-speaking areas. 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 ...
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,631 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
von – "of", "from"; often a sign of nobility, but also just a geographical term of the name originated of a location. zu - ( German ) "at"; a sign of nobility, sometimes in the combination von und zu , meaning the noble family still owns the place of naming
Adelgoz de Allaris, Heinrich von Salrer, Otto von Sallern, Dietrich von Sallern Sandizell: Sandicell Siebmacher 1605:78,15 Sattelbogen: The Satelböger Siebmacher 1605:91,8 Satzenhofen: Satzenhofen Siebmacher 1605:78,5 Saurzapf: The Saurzapfen Siebmacher 1605:88,3 House of Schaetzl zu Hermansberg: The Schaetzel zu Hermansperg Siebmacher 1605:90 ...
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,624 P) ... Pages in category "Germanic-language surnames" The following 190 pages are in this category, out of 190 total.
The most common exceptions are alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. "Bach, Johann Sebastian", as well as some official documents and spoken southern German dialects. In most of this, the German conventions parallel the naming conventions in most of Western and Central Europe, including English, Dutch, Italian, and French.
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