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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.
Pages in category "German unisex given names". The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,527 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
German-language surnames (7 C, 4,521 P) Germanized Slavic family names ... Beckman (surname) Beerbohm; Begun (surname) Berardi; Berger; Bernardi; Bertrand (name)
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 ).
Colloquially, surname variants for women continue to appear in some German dialects. In Bavarian dialect surnames of women sometimes are formed by adding the ending "-in", used in standard High German to indicate noun variants for women or items of grammatical feminine gender, such as Näherin (seamstress), with Näher (seamster) being the male ...
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