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Swiss-German surnames (102 P) F. Swiss families (25 C, 27 P) Franco-Provençal-language surnames (13 P) Pages in category "Surnames of Swiss origin"
Surnames of Swiss origin (3 C, 80 P) Pages in category "Swiss-language surnames" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
Pages in category "Swiss-German surnames" The following 102 pages are in this category, out of 102 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Abderhalden;
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).
Graf is an ancient German and Swiss rooted name. In the United States, there are 16,620 people with this last name making it the 2445th most popular surname. Some notable people with this surname include: Al Graf (born 1958), American politician and attorney; Alesia Graf (1980–2024), Belarusian-born German professional boxer
Hunziker is a surname from Switzerland.The name most likely originates from the name of a small village in Canton Lucerne.Within Switzerland, the family expanded with a large presence in the Kulm, Zofingen, and Aarau districts of Canton Aargau and smaller concentrations in Cantons Bern, Lucerne, and Zürich.
Swiss feminine given names (25 P) Swiss masculine given names (20 P) This page was last edited on 24 September 2023, at 21:12 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
It is a surname of German, Prussian, and Yiddish (Ashkenazi Jewish) origin. The word means "big", "tall" or "great", and was likely adopted in Europe over the 15th to 19th centuries during the times of the House of Habsburg when monarchs of the royal families (Emperor or Empress) were called "the Great" (der Große).