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A list of German origin and Americanised family names.
A
+ Armbrust , Armbruster
B
- Bauer
- Baum
- Baumann, Bauman
- Bebensee
- Becher
- Bechinie von Lazan
- Beck / Böck, Boeck
- Behn
- Behren, Behrens, Behrent, Behrend, Behrends, Behrendt
- Bellingshausen
- Bendemann, Bendeman
- Bender
- Berg
- Berken
- Bernhard
- Bertram
- Bezold (*Betzold, Betzoldt..), Petzoldt (*Petzold, Pezold)
- Beyer, Beier, Bayer, Baier
- Bezzenberger (cf. Adalbert, Low German)
- Bieber
- Bieler Swiss\German
- Biechl
- Biedermann, Biederman
- Bier
- Binder (cf.Buchbinder, Fassbinder)
- Binding
- Binswanger
- Birnbaum (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Biron, Birons (also a Baltic nobility)
- Bisha
- Bitter, Bittner
- Blacher
- Blei
- Bleibtreu
- Bloch (Jewish pedigrees)
- Blum, Blume > Bloom
- Bodendorf
- Boenk, Boink
- Bogner(Boger)
- Böhm(Boehm), Böhme(Boehme), Böhmer(Boehmer)
- Bollmann
- Bohn
- Bohlscheid
- Boner
- Bonhoeffer
- Bonner
- Borchardt (Borchard, Borchart) cf.Rudolf, Hugo, Leo Borchard
- Borcharding
- Bossong/Boßong
- Boxberg
- Brubacher
- Bruch
- Bruck, Bruckner
- Brühl(Bruhl), Brüll, Brill
- Brühlmeier
- Brüning
- Brunner, Brünner
- Brunhoff, Brünnhof
- Buch
- Bucher
- Büchner
- Bücker
- Buckwalter
- Buder
- Bülow, von Bülow (de)
- Bültel
- Burkhard, Burckhard, Burkhardt, Burckhardt
- Busch, Bush, Busz
- Buß, Buss
- Busse
- Bußmann, Bussmann, Bussman
- Busemann, Buseman
- Buxtorf
C
- Claus, Klaus, Clausen, Klausen, Klassen, Classen
- Celcius
- Corper
- Crep, Crap
- Cullmann, Cullman, Coëllmann
- Cuno, Kuno
- Curschmann, Curschman
- Curtius, Kurtius (from Curt, Kurt)
- Cullison,
D
- Dangel
- Dagerman
- Dahlke
- Dankmar (Thankmar)
- Danneberg
- Dasler
- David
- Degenhardt
- Deisler , Deissler
- Delbrück
- Delitzsch
- Delling
- Demke
- Dempewolf
- Denke
- Depp, Deppe
- Dërg
- Dick (cf. Dück, Dueck), Dickel
- Dieckmann, Diekmann, Diekman
- Diet-, Dieter-: Dieterle, Dietmar, Dietrich, Dieterich, Diedrich, Diederich, Diederichs
- Diez (cf.Ernst, Friedrich Christian, Wilhelm), Dietz (or Tietz; cf.Ferdinand, Frederick Charles), Deetz, Deets
- Donath
- Doppler
- Dorn, Dohrn
- Drechsler, Drexler
- Dreher
- Drucker
- Duncker
- Dunkel, Dunckel
- Dürrschnabel
- Duwensee
E
F
- Fahrenheit
- Fahrion
- Falk
- Fassbinder, Fassmann, Fassel, Fassler
- Feierabend
- Feigel, Feigl, Feigenbaum
- Feld, Feldt
- Fein
- Feller
- Feuerbach
- Fichtner
- Fichthorn
- Ficker
- Fiedler
- Finck, Fink
- Finselbach
- Fischer (cf.Fisher, Fišer)
- Flaig
- Fleischer
- Fleischmann, Fleischman
- Fleischhauer
- Flemming (cf.English; Fleming)
- Florig
- Forge
- Förster (Foerster), Vorster
- Forkel
- Franck, Frank, Franke, Franz, Franzsen, Franzen (Danish familyname)
- Freckmann, Freckman
- Frei, Frey
- Freitag, Freytag
- Frenzel
- Freud
- Freund
- Frick
- Fried, Friede, Fried (onomastics)-:
- Friedl, Friedel, Friedinger, Friedjung, Friedwagner
- Friedberg, Friedeberg, Friedberger, Friedenberg
- Friedburg, Friedeburg, Friedburger, Friedensburg
- Friedek, Friedeck
- Friedheim
- Friedland
- Friedemann
- Friedmann, Friedman, Fridman
- Friedreich, Friederich, Friedrichs
- Friedenthal
- Friedrich
- Frimmel, Friml
- Frisch, Frish
- Fritsch, Frič, Frycz
- Fröhlich, Froehlich, Frohlich
- Fromm/From
- Fruchtenbaum
- Fuchs, Fux, Fuks (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Funkel, Finkel(Finckel), Finkle
G
- Gabler
- Galanter
- Ganz
- Gardels
- Gartner > Gardner
- Gärtner, Gartner
- Gehlhausen
- Geiger
- Geisel
- Geisler
- Geissler
- Geiszler
- Geister
- George
- Gerber
- Gerdes
- Gerhard, Gerhardt
- Gerlach
- Gerrich
- Gerster
- Gesell
- Gesner, Gessner
- Gies, Giese
- Ginter
- Glauber
- Gliem
- Glück, Glueck (cf.Gluck, Glick)
- Glücklich, Gluecklich
- Gold
- Goldberg
- Goldenberg
- Goldblatt > Goldblat
- Goldblum > Goldbloom
- Goldfeld
- Goldmann, Goldman
- Goldschmied, Goldschmidt > Goldsmith
- Goldstein > Goldstone
- Goldstücker
- Goldwasser
- Goldenthal
- Goldzieher, Goldziher
- Golz, Goltz
- Gottfried, Gotfried
- Gotthard, Gotthardt
- Gottschalk, Gottschalke
- Götz, Goetz, Goetzman
- Goughnour
- Graf
- Grant
- Graumann, Grauman
- Grass
- Greven
- Griesinger
- Goss
- Gross
- Gruber
- Guggenheim(er), Gugenheim(er) (Jewish pedigree)
- Guthmann
- Guja
- Gysi
H
- Haag
- Haas
- Haar
- Haber
- Habich, Habicht
- Hache
- Hackmann
- Hagen
- Haggenmacher, Hagenmacher (also Hungarian family)
- Hahn
- Hahnemann (Haneman)
- Hain, Hein
- Hainisch, Hainiss (magyarised)
- Halbach
- Haller
- Hallgarten
- Hammerschlag (de)
- Hammerschmidt
- Hammerstein
- Hamburg (disambiguation), Hamburger (disambiguation)
- Hanf, Hanff (hempel)
- Hanisch
- Hankel
- Häring, Haering (hering)
- Harnack
- Hartmann, Hartman
- Hasenclever
- Hastedt
- Hatzfeld, Hatzfeldt
- Hauch, Hauk, Hauck
- Hauf, Hauff
- Haugwitz (nobility)
- Hauptmann, Hauptman
- Hauser (>Houser)
- Hausmann, Haussmann, Haussman, Hausman
- Hausner
- Hauschild < Hausschild
- Havenstein
- Hayek, from Hájek, Czech
- Hartel
- Heck
- Heffelfinger, Häfelfinger (means: pedigree or person came from Häfelfingen, Switzerland)
- Hege
- Heichel, Heichele, Heichelheim (cf.Fritz)
- Heilmann, Heilman
- Heider
- Hiedler
- Heim
- Heimer, Heimann (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Hein, Hain
- Heine, Heyne
- Heinemann, Heineman (cf.Hyneman)
- Heinicke, Heynicke
- Heinrich
- Heinz, Heintz
- Heitsch
- Helle
- Heller (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Hellmann, Hellman
- Hellmonds
- Helm
- Helms
- Helwig/Helvig, Hellwig, Hellwag (cf.Konrad)
- Hempel
- Henschel
- Herberg
- Herbst
- Herder
- Herk, Herken, Herkner (cf.Heinrich)
- Hildebrand, Hildebrandt, Hildebrant
- Hilgendorf, Hilgenfeld
- Hiller
- Himmel, Himl, Himmler
- Hinkel
- Hintz, Hinz
- Hirt, Hirth
- Hiss
- Höchheimer, Höchheim, Hochheimer, Hechim (< Höchheim, Hochheim ;a Jewish pedigree)
- Hochstetler, Hochstedler, Hostetler, Hostettler (Originated in Berne Canton of Switzerland)
- Hochstetter, Höchstetter/Hoechstetter (cf.Sophie)
- Höfgen(Höffgen), Hoefgen
Hofheins
J
K
- Kaftan
- Kanitz (cf.Felix Philipp)
- Kahl, Kahlo, Kahle, Kahlbaum, Kahler, Kahlert
- Kahn(Cahn)
- Kaiser(Kayser, Keiser, Keyser)
- Kamber
- Kapp
- Kastner, Kästner
- Kaufer
- Kaufmann, Kauffmann > Kaufman, Kauffman
- Kaun
- Keyserling(Kaiserling, Kayserling, Keiserling), Keiserlingk
- Keller
- Kerner
- Kersting
- Kesselring
- Kiefer, Kieffer
- Kienzle
- Kies-:
- Kinder
- Kirchner
- Kirsch > Kirsz, Kirsh
- Kirst
- Kittel
- Klaproth
- Klassen
- Klaus
- Klein (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Klappert
- Kleinert
- Klier
- Klinger
- Klock
- Klopstock
- Kloster, Klostermann
- Klotz
- Klütz, Kluetz
- Kluck
- Kuehn, Küehn
- Klug
- Kluge
- Klugmann, Klugman
- Knab
- Knapp
- Knauf
- Knebel
- Knoblauch
- Knöbl, Knoebl
- Knoll
- Knoth
- Koch
- Köhler, Koehler
- Kolb
- Kolbe
- Kolmar
- König, Koenig > Konig
- Konrad
- Köpfer
- Kopp
- Körner, Koerner
- Kornfeld
- Kranz, Krantz
- Kratt
- Kraus, Krauss, Krausz
- Krause
- Krämer, Kraemer, Kramer, Kremer, Kreamer, Cramer
- Krekeler
- Krieger
- Kroll
- Krömer, Kroemer, Kromer
- Krug
- Krüger, Krueger, Kruger
- Krummacher
- Krupp
- Kretschmer, Kretzschmer (but the origin of word is Czech)
- Kreuzer, Kreutzer
- Kugel, Kugler, Kügler/Kuegler, Kügelgen, Kugelmann
- Küehn, Kuehn, Kühne, Kuehne (cf.Keen Keene)
- Kuhn
- Kühnemann (cf.Eugen; Kuen, A. Kuenen), Kühnert, Kühnelt, Kühnle
- Kunst
- Kunz, Kuntz, Kuncz, Kunze, Kuntze
- Kupfer > Kuper, Kuffer, Kufer, Kupper, Kooper, Cooper
- Kurz, Kurtz
- Kurzmann > Kurzman, Kurtzman
L
- Lackner, Lakner
- Lademann - Lademan
- Lahm
- Lammers
- Lamsdorf
- Landesmann, Landesman
Fran, Hans, Heinrich, Cosmo, Rabbi D. Landesman ...
- Landmann, Landman
- Landsmann, Landsman, Lanzmann, Lanzman
- Landsberg
- Landskron (from placenames)
- Landzettel
- Lang
- Larnder
- Laufenberg
- Laufer, Lauffer
- Laugel
- Laurentius
- Laut, Lauter, Lautner, Lautmann, Lautermann
- Lauterbach
- Lebrecht, Leberecht
- Leiter, Leitermann
- Leitner
- Leitz
- Lechner
- Lehmann, Lehman
- Lehner
- Lehr
- Lehrer
- Lehrmann, Lehrman, Lerman
- Lenssen
- Lentzy
- Lenz, Lentz (This has a wide distriution in Estonia and Latvia area)
- Lerner
- Lessing
- Leutheusser, Leutheuser
- Levetzow (de)
- Lewald
- Lei, Ley
- Lichtenberg, Lichtenberger
- Lichtenstein, Lichtstein (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Littmann, Littman
- Liebermann, Lieberman
- Lieder
- Liening
- Lind, Lindt (not Lynd)
- Lindau
- Lindemann, Lindeman
- Lindenbaum
- Lindner
- Linke, Lincke
- Linssen
- Lipsius, Lepsius
- List > Liszt
- Litt, Littmann
- Lobmeyer
- Löffler, Loeffler
- Lohner
- Lorenz
- Losch
- Lotz
- Löchte
- Löw, Löwe
- Löwith (Löwit, Loewith, Loewit)
- Lorber (cf.Lorbeer, Lorbeerbaum/Lorberboym)
- Lustig, Lustiger (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Lübke
- Lueg
- Lücking
- Lussky
- Lüttge
- Klevenow
--Mjl cpc 13:17, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
M
Meibom
cf.Heinrich Meibom, Marcus Meibom (danish composer), etc
- Meier, Meyer, Meyers, Maier, Mayer, Mayr, Meir, Meyr, Mair, Mayr, Myer, Myers, Von Meyer (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Meissner
- Melzer (de)
- Memminger
- Menninger
- Menz, Mentz
- Menzel
- Menzer, Mentzer
- Mestemacher
- Metzelder
- Merkel, Merckel
- Mertesacker
- Merz, Mertz
- Metzger (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Michel
- Mickler (de)
- Micus (de)
- Milde (de)
- Miller
- Minnich (de)
- Mitscherlich (de)
- Mohl (cf.Hugo, Julius, Robert)
- Mohr (cf.Christian Otto, Karl Friedrich)
- Moldenhauer (cf.Friedrich)
- Molitor (cf.Joseph Franz/F. J.)
- Möllenbeck
- Moll
- Moltke
- Morgenrot, Morgenroth
- Morgenstern
- Moser
- Moses
- Mühlenberg, Muhlenberg (de)
- Mühmel, Muehmel (de)
- Müller, Mueller, Muller, Miller
- Münch, Munch (cf.Munk) (de)
- Münchow (de)
- Münster
- Münz, Müntz, Muentzer
N
O
P
Pietzsch
- Pilsak
- Plagemann
- Planert
- Plat, Plath
- Platz
- Poeschl
- Pohl
- Pohlen, Polen (from Poland, includes Jewish pedigree)
- Pommer, Pomeranian person or pedigree
- Pomeranz, Pomerantz (means orange; includes Jewish pedigrees cf. Marantz)
- Popp
- Portmann, Portman
- Preus, Preuss, Preuß (de)
- Prinz, Printz, Prinzhorn (cf.Hans)
- Probst
- Puderbach
- Pügner
- Purucker
R
- Radetzky, Radecki
- Radunz
- Raugal
- Rauland
- Rechter
- Rechtmann, Rechtman
- Redlich
- Riehl, Reichel, Riehel, Rehl, Reichling, Rehlen
- Reckeweg
- Reich
- Reichart
- Reichenbach
- Reichenberg
- Reinach
- Reimann, Reiman
- Reinhard
- Reinhardt
- Remak, see de
- Renner
- Rentz
- Reple
- Reuss
- Reuter, Reutter, Reuther
- Rewald (cf.John, Ruth, Sabine)
- Rhodes, Rhode, Roads, Roades - c.f. Rohde
- Richter
- Richtmann, Richtman
- Riedesel
- Riegel, Rieger, Riegl, Riekel, Regal
- Riehl
- Riehm
- Riemann
- Riemer
- Riesbeck
- Rilke, Rilko
- Rockmeier
- Rodenburg
- Roentgen
- Rohde
- Rohlfs
- Rohrbach
- Rohrberg
- Rolfes
- Romberg
- Ronstadt, Ronsdadt
S
Sch-
- Schaber, Schacher
- Schädler
- Schäfer(Schaefer), Schäffer (Schaeffer) > Schafer, Shafer, Sheffer (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Schaff
- Schalk, Schalke
- Schanz, Schanze
- Schatz
- Scheele
- Scheetz, Sheetz
- Schein
- Scheiner
- Scheler
- Schellhorn, Schelhorn
- Schenk, Schenck (cf.Weinschenk)
- Scherer
- Scheu, Scheuer, Scheurer
Schl-
Schm-
Schn-
Scho-
Schr-
Schu
- Schubart
- Schubert
- Schuchhardt, Schuchardt
- Schuck
- Schuerman and related...
- Schulenburg (surname) (nobility)
- Schulz, Schultz
- Schulze, Schultze
- Schult
- Schulte
- Schulthess, Schultheiß
- Schumacher(Schuhmacher) > Shoemaker
- Schumann(Schuhmann), Schuman
- Schummert
- Schüpfer
- Schürmann
- Schurz, Schurtz
- Schüssler, Schüßler
- Schuster
- Schutt, Schudt, Schütte
- Schütz, Schutz, Schuetz
Schw-
Se-
Si-
So-
Sp-
St-
Str-
Stu-
Su-
T
- Taaffe
- Tafel
- Tambke, Tambcke, Tamcke, Tamke, Tammcke, Tammeke, Tammke, Tampcke, Tampke, Thambke, Thamcke, Thamke, Thampke (< Tammeke < Tammiko < Tammo < Tammar, Tanmar, Tangmar, Tankmar < Thankmar (Dankmar))
- Tamm, Tamme, Tammen, Tamms Tams (< Tammo < Tammar, Tanmar, Tangmar, Tankmar < Thankmar (Dankmar))
- Taub, Taube, Tauber
- Tausch, Tausche, Tauscher
- Tegeler
- Teichmann, Teichman
- Telemann
- Telgen
- Tell
- Teltschik
- Teuber
- Thal
- Thiel, Thiele, Thieleke, Thielke, Thielmann
- Thieme, Thiemeke, Thiemo (< Thiedmar (Thiedmarus), Dietmar)
- Thiersch
- Thorwald
- Tieck
- Tietz, Tietze (cf.Hans)
- Timpf
- Tisch-: Tischler (cf.Hans, Otto; Tishler), Tischbein (Tishbein), Tischendorf
- Tönnies, Toennies, Toenjes
- Träger, Traeger > Trager
- Trattner
- Trausch
- Trautmann, Trautman
- Trautwein > Trautwine
- Trier
- Tröltsch/Troeltsch
- Trimberg, Trimberger (cf.Ellen) Kay (EK Trimberger), Steve(Steven))
- Troger, Tröger, Troeger
- Tschirner
- Tümmler
U
V
W
- Wachter, Wächter/Waechter, Wechter
- Wachtel
- Wagenseil
- Wagner
- Wahl
- Wahlberg
- Wahle
- Wahr-: Wahrhaftig, Wahrmann
- Waitz
- Wald
- Walter
- Warschauer
- Weber
- Wechsler, Wexler
- Weck
- Wehlau
- Weidman, Weydman
- Weigel (Weigl)
- Weiler
- Weinbaum
- Weinberg, Weinberger
- Weiner
- Weingarten, Weingartner
- Weinglas, Weinglass
- Weinstein
- Weis
- Weisbrod
- Weise
- Weisenhaus
- Weiss
- Weissenadlers
- Weizsäcker
- Welcker
- Welke, Welko
- Weld
- Welker
- Wellmann
- Wenger
- Wenner
- Wenzel, Wentzel, Wenzl
- Werner
- Werlinger
- Wertheim, Wertheimer
- Wertmüller, Wertmueller, Wertmuller
- Westermann, Westerman
- Westheimer
- Wiegel, Wiegand, Wiegert, Wiegner
- Wiener
- Wiese
- Wiesen
- Wiesenthal
- Wiedau
- Wiegand, Weigand (Weygand)
- werlinger
- Wieland, Willand
- Wieser
- Wiegmann
- Wild-, Wilde/Vilde- (Wilda, Wilder, Wildermuth/Wildermut, Wildenbruch, Wildgans)
- Wilken, Wilcken
- Willmann, Willman
- Wilms
- Windisch
- Windischgrätz, Windischgraetz, Windisch-Graetz, Windisch-Grätz
- Winkel, Vaňhal
- Winterbauer
- Wirth (Wirt)
- Witte
- Wittig
- Wittmann, Wittman
- Wohl, Wohlgemuth, Wohlmann
- Woitas
- Wolf, Wolff
- Wolheim
- Wölflin, Wölfflin
- Wolkenberg
- Womeldorff, Womeldorf
- Wucherer
- Wunderlich
- Wühr
- Wurm
X
Y
Z
See also
German wikipedia
Nobilities
Person lists
Further reading