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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.
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 .
The surnames of the German Jews are a special case, as they were introduced later, in the late 18th to early 19th century, per fiat. The Prussian authorities imposed made-up and sometimes derogatory names. For instance, the name "Waldlieferant" (lit.: forest supplier) was "created" to ridicule a Jewish timber trader.
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)
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 ).
Swiss-German surnames (102 P) Pages in category "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 568 total.
Katz (surname) Katz is a common German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname. Germans with the last name Katz may originate in the Rhine River region of Germany, where the Katz Castle is located. (The name of the castle does not derive from Katze, "cat", but from Katzenelnbogen, going back to Latin Cattimelibocus, consisting of the ancient Germanic ...
Weiss (surname) Weiss or Weiß, also written Weis or Weisz, pronounced like "vice", is a German and Ashkenazi Jewish surname, meaning 'white' in both German and Yiddish. It comes from Middle High German wîz (white, blonde) and Old High German (h)wīz (white, bright, shining). [1] Persons with that name include: A. B.