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unusual facts about German surname



Corcilius

Corcilius (also Corzilius, Corzillius and variants) is a German surname recorded from the 18th century in the German Rhineland, more specifically in the county of Wied-Neuwied.

Ernest Pohl

The German surname of the Pohl family was changed to Pol in 1952 as a result of the polonization of names common in Communist Poland.

Schnyder

Schnyder is used in Switzerland as an alternative spelling of the more common German surname Schneider (tailor).


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Buchberger

Buchberger is a German surname meaning "a person from Buchberg".

Masoch Fund

On May 8, 1995, on the anniversary date of the end of World War II on the Eastern Front, 5500 Müllers (bearers of the most common and emblematic German surname) who lived in Berlin received greetings from the Masoch Fund saying “Happy Victory Day!”.

Musäus

Musäus is a German surname derived from the Greek Musaeus.

Schairer

Schairer is a German surname primarily from the Baden-Württemberg region.

Vasily Blyukher

Despite his German surname, he was not of German descent as is sometimes written: the name was given to his family by a 19th-century landlord after a famous Prussian Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher.

Wever

Wever, de Wever, or Wevers is a Dutch surname meaning 'weaver', related to the German surname Weber and the English surnames Weaver, Wafer and Webber.