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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 4,624 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,624 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 12 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P) Low German ...
Alger Hiss – American government official accused in 1948 of having spied for the Soviet Union in the 1930s, original surname of "Hesse" [473] Jimmy Hoffa – labor union leader and author [474] J. Edgar Hoover – first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Lena Kleinschmidt – jewel thief; Fritz Kuhn – German American ...
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 .
Most of the names on this list are typical examples of surnames that were adopted when modern surnames were introduced in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In the romantic spirit, they refer to natural features: virta 'river', koski 'rapids', mäki 'hill', järvi 'lake', saari 'island' — often with the suffix -nen added after the model ...
Related: A List You'll Be Sure to Liebe—Here Are 50 German Last Names and Their Meanings! 38. Miyamoto. Means "one who lives near the shrine." 39. Ikeda. Means "rice paddy near the lake." 40 ...
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