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  2. Von - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, even an existing non-noble von became noble, or vice versa, therefore the same surname sometimes would be shared by noble and non-noble individuals. Especially in the Northwest (Bremen, Hamburg, Holstein, Lower Saxony, Schleswig, Westphalia) and in German-speaking Switzerland, von is a frequent element in non-noble surnames. [1]

  3. German name - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes von is also used in geographical names that are not noble, as in von Däniken. With family names originating locally, many names display particular characteristics of the local dialects, such as the south German, Austrian and Swiss diminutive endings -l-el, -erl, -le or -li as in Kleibl, Schäuble or Nägeli (from 'Nagel', nail). The ...

  4. List of family name affixes - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Nobiliary particle - Wikipedia

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    The names of the most ancient nobility, the Uradel, but also names of some old untitled nobility, often do not contain either von or zu, such as Grote, Knigge or Vincke. [6] Conversely, the prefix von occurs in the names of 200 to 300 non-noble families, [7] much like van in the Netherlands.

  6. List of the most common surnames in Germany - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. List of Bavarian noble families - Wikipedia

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    B Name Period Seat/Origins Canton Remarks Personalities Coat of arms Bart zu Koppenhausen The Bärtts of Kopenhausen Siebmacher 1605:83,13 Baurenfreund Baurenfreund Siebmacher 1605:89,12 Baymundt Baymundt Siebmacher 1605:99,3 Behaim von Abensberg 1120-vor 1681 Village of Behaim bei Moosburg, Abensberg, Freising House of Beheim von Adelshausen Behem von Adelzhausen Pehaim von Adelshausen Beheim ...

  8. Category:German noble families - Wikipedia

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    S. Saldern; Salian dynasty; House of Santen; House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha; Saxe-Gessaphe; Schaffgotsch family; Schetz; Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Franzhagen

  9. Template:German title von - Wikipedia

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    In German personal names, von is a preposition which approximately means 'of' or 'from' and usually denotes some sort of nobility.While von (always lower case) is part of the family name or territorial designation, not a first or middle name, if the noble is referred to by their last name, use Schiller, Clausewitz or Goethe, not von Schiller, etc.