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This List of Bavarian noble families contains all 338 Bavarian aristocratic families named in 1605 by Siebmacher as well as further additions. The list is an alphabetical overview of Bavarian nobility. It contains information about name variants, ancestry, extent and well-known personalities of the line.
Alger Hiss – American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, original surname of "Hesse" [472] Jimmy Hoffa – labor union leader and author [473] J. Edgar Hoover – first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Lena Kleinschmidt – jewel thief; Fritz Kuhn – German American ...
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,603 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 12 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
Pages in category "American families of German ancestry" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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 ...
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,604 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The resulting lack of a unified and clearly definable German-American community explains in part why only few Americans, including those of German descent, have any idea when Steuben Day or German-American Day falls, whereas the Irish St. Patrick's Day is one of America's most popular celebrations, and Columbus Day, named after the Italian ...
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 592 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .