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Surnames of German language origin. Wikimedia Commons has media related to German-language surnames . This category will also include Yiddish -language surnames, where the surname has its origins in German .
This Wikipedia category page contains a list of surnames originating from Germanic languages.
Byl, van der – archaic spelling, Afrikaans, or Americanization of "van der Bijl" Coevorden, van – e.g. George Vancouver#Origins of the family name; Citroen – lemon, e.g. André Citroën; Cornelissen – son of Cornelius; Dekker – from the verb dekken or to cover as in covering roof tops (compare "Thatcher") Dijk, Deijck, van – From ...
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).
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
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 591 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 ...
The preposition von ("of") was used to distinguish nobility; for example, if someone was baron of the village of Veltheim, his family name would be von Veltheim. In modern times, people who were elevated to nobility often had a 'von' added to their name. For example, Johann Wolfgang Goethe had his name changed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ...