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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 .
About 13% of the German population today has names of Slavic origin. Many Austrians also have surnames of Slavic origin. Polish names in Germany abound as a result of over 100,000 people (including 130,000 "Ruhrpolen") immigrating westward from the Polish-speaking areas of the German Empire.
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,521 P) Germanized Slavic family names (12 P) I. Icelandic-language surnames (3 C, 8 P) L. Limburgian surnames (2 P)
Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 568 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Common places used as surnames include Dibra, Laci, Shkodra, Prishtina, Delvina, Koroveshi and Permeti, as well as the famous Frasheri surname of the Frasheri family. Additionally common some names indicate regional origins: Gega/Gegaj (for one of Gheg origin ), Tosku/Toskaj (signifying Tosk origin) and Chami (for Cham origin ).
This list has been divided into four sections for reasons of length: List of Nazis (A–E) : from Gustav Abb to Hanns Heinz Ewers (~ 247 names) List of Nazis (F–K) : from Arnold Fanck to Kurt Küttner (~ 268 names) List of Nazis (L–R) : from Bodo Lafferentz to Bernhard Rust (~ 232 names) List of Nazis (S–Z) : from Ernst Sagebiel to Fritz ...
This is a list of composers by name, alphabetically sorted by surname, then by other names. The list of composers is by no means complete. It is not limited by classifications such as genre or time period; however, it includes only music composers of significant fame, notability or importance who also have current Wikipedia articles.
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).