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Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,626 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
This Wikipedia category page contains a list of surnames originating from Germanic languages.
Dietmar Damerau (1935–2011), German/Greek painter and sculptor; Ken Danby (1940–2007), Canadian artist and medalist; Vito D'Ancona (1825–1884), Italian artist; Josef Dande (1911–1969), Hungarian landscape artist; Leonard Daniels (1909–1998), English artist, teacher and administrator; Heinrich Danioth (1896–1953), Swiss painter
Names starting with O' and Mac/Mc were originally patronymic. Of the names above, with the exception of Smith and Walsh, all originally began with O' or Mac/Mc but many have lost this prefix over time. Mac/Mc, meaning Son, and Ó, meaning Little (or Descendant), are used by sons born into the family.
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 593 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Placeholders for personal names include variations on names Иван (Ivan), Пётр (Pyotr / Peter), and Сидор (Sidor), such as Иван Петрович Сидоров (Ivan Petrovich Sidorov) for a full name, or Иванов (Ivanov) for a last name; deliberately fake name-patronymic-surname combinations use one of them for all three ...