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Contents:	Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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[edit] A

Abegg
Abend
Abendroth (de)
Abraham
Ackermann, Ackerman
Adam
Agricola
Ahl-, Ahle-: Ahlwardt
Ahrens
Aichinger (Eichinger)
Albrecht
Alexander
Alt
Altdorf, Altdorfer
Alten (de)
Altenstein
Alter
- Altermann, Alterman
Althaus
Altheim
Altherr
Altmann, Altman > Oldman
Amann, Aman, Ammann, Amman
- Ammon, Amon (also given name), Amonn
Ambros
Amer/Ammer-
- Amerbach/Ammerbach, Amersbach/Ammersbach, Ameling/Ammeling, Ammelung
Amsler
Andres
Anhäuser (Anhaeuser)
Annaeus
Anschütz (de)
- Ernst Anschütz
- Hermann Anschütz-Kaempfe
- Ottomar Anschütz

[edit] B

Bach
Bachmann, Bachman, Pachmann, Pachman
Bahle, Bahlo
Ballack-(German Soccer player-(Michael)
Baßmann , Bassmann
Balzer
Bamberg
- Bamberger
Bartsch, Bartzsch
Basch
Basse
Bassermann (Basserman/Baserman), von Bassermann-Jordan (a nobility)
Baudissin (from Bautzen)
Baudler

Bauer
- Bauerle
- Bauernfeind (cf.Karl Maximilian, Gustav, Hans, Otto)
- Bauernfeld (cf.Eduard)
- Bauersox, Bauersachs
Baum
- Baumgart, Baumgartl
  - Baumgarten, Paumgarten
    - Baumgartner, Paumgartner
Baumann, Bauman
Becher
- Becherer
Bechinie von Lazan
Beck / Böck, Boeck
- Becke
- Becker, Bekker
- Beckmann, Beckman
- Beckermann, Beckerman
Behn
Behren, Behrens, Behrent, Behrend, Behrends, Behrendt
Bellingshausen
Bendemann, Bendeman
Bender
Berg
- Berger, Bergner (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Bergmann, Bergman
- Bergsträßer, Bergsträsser/Bergstraesser (cf.Gotthelf)
Bezold (^*Betzold, Betzoldt..), Petzoldt (^*Petzold, Pezold)
Beyer, Beier, Bayer, Baier
Bezzenberger (cf. Adalbert, Low German)

Biechl
Biedermann, Biederman
Bier
- Bierbaum (see also Beerbohm)
- Biermann, Bierman > Beermann, Beerman, cf.Berman
Binder (cf.Buchbinder, Fassbinder)
Binding
Binswanger
Birnbaum (includes Jewish pedigrees)
Biron, Birons (also a Baltic nobility)
Bitter, Bittner
Blacher
Blei
Bleibtreu
Bloch (Jewish pedigrees)
Blum, Blume > Bloom
- Blumenberg > Bloomberg
- Blumenfeld > Bloomfield
- Blumentritt
Bodendorf
Boenk, Boink
Bogner(Boger)
Böhm(Boehm), Böhme(Boehme), Böhmer(Boehmer)
Bohn
Boner
Bonhoeffer
Bonner
Borchardt (Borchard, Borchart) cf.Rudolf, Hugo, Leo Borchard
Borcharding
Bossong/Boßong
Boxberg

Brach-: Brachfeld, Brachvogel
Brandenburg
Brand, Brandt, Brant
Brandstetter, Brandstädter (cf.Renward, Mordecai David)
Brauchitsch (nobility)
Braun, Brown
- Braune
- Brauner (Swedish, German)

Brehm, Brehmer, Bremer
Brentano (cf.Brenton)
Brendel (de)
Breslau, Breslauer
- cf.(Prösler/Prössler/Prößler, Proesler/Proessler/Proeßler, Presler/Pressler/Preßler)
Brentano
Brennecke, Brenneke
Breid-, Bred-
- Breit-
  - Breithaupt, Breitkopf
Bretschneider

Brubacher
Bruch
Bruck, Bruckner
- Brück/Brueck, Brückner/Brueckner (> Brick/Brik)
Brühl(Bruhl), Brüll, Brill
Brühlmeier
Brunner, Brünner
Brunhoff, Brünnhof
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

[edit] C

[edit] D

Dasler
Dangel
Danneberg
David
Degenhardt
Deisler , Deissler
Delbrück
Delitzsch
Delling
Dempewolf
Denke
Deppe, Depp
Dërg
Dickel
Dieckmann, Diekmann, Diekman
Diet-, Dieter-: Dieterle (cf.William), Dietrich, Dieterich (cf.Albrecht), Diedrich/Diederich, Diederichs (cf.Eugen)
Diez (cf.Ernst, Friedrich Christian, Wilhelm), Dietz (or Tietz; cf.Ferdinand, Frederick Charles), Deetz, Deets
- Dietzel (cf.Heinrich, Karl August), Dietzgen (cf.Joseph)
Donath
Doppler
Dorn, Dohrn
Drechsler, Drexler
Dreher
Drucker
Duncker
Dunkel, Dunckel
Dürrschnabel

[edit] E

[edit] F

Fahrion
Falk
Fassbinder, Fassmann, Fassel, Fassler
Feigel, Feigl, Feigenbaum
Feld, Feldt
- Feldmann, Feldman
- Feldstein
- Fehr
Fein
- Feinberg
  - Feinberger
- Feinmann, Feinman, Feynmann, Feynman
- Feinstein
Feller
Feuerbach
Fichtner
Fichthorn
Ficker
Fiedler
Finck, Fink
Fischer (cf.Fisher, Fišer)
Fleischer
Fleischmann, Fleischman
Fleischhauer
Flemming (cf.English; Fleming)
Florig
Forge
Förster (Foerster), Vorster
Forkel

Franck
Frank
Franz
Franzsen, Franzen (Danish familyname)
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
  - Friedlaender
- Friedemann
- Friedmann, Friedman, Fridman
- Friedreich, Friederich, Friedrichs
- Friedenthal
Friedrich
Frimmel, Friml
Frisch, Frish
Fritsch, Frič, Frycz
Fröhlich, Froehlich, Frohlich
- Fröhlichmann
- Fröhlicher
Fromm/From
- ^*Frommmann, Frommann
Fruchtenbaum
Fuchs, Fux, Fuks (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Fuck
Fox
Funkel, Finkel(Finckel), Finkle
- Funkelstein, Finkelstein (< Karfunkelstein(carbuncle)> Garfunkel, Garfinkel, Karfunkel, see: Karfunkelstein)

[edit] G

[edit] H

Heck
- Hecke, Häcke/Haecke
- Hecker, Häcker/Haecker
- Heckel, Häckel/Haeckel
Heffelfinger, Häfelfinger (means: pedigree or person came from Häfelfingen, Switzerland)
Hege
Heichel, Heichele, Heichelheim (cf.Fritz)
Heilmann, Heilman
Heider
Heim
Heimer, Heimann (includes Jewish pedigrees)
Hein, Hain
Heine, Heyne
Heinemann, Heineman (cf.Hyneman)
Heinicke, Heynicke
Heinrich
Heinz, Heintz
- Heinze, Heintze
Helle
Heller (includes Jewish pedigrees)
- Heller, Hellermann, Hellerman
Hellmann, Hellman
- Helmann, Helman, Gellman, Gelman
Hellmonds
Helm
Helms
Helwig/Helvig, Hellwig, Hellwag (cf.Konrad)
Hempel
Henschel
Herberg
- Herberger
Herbst
Herder
Herk, Herken, Herkner (cf.Heinrich)

Herkomer (cf.Hubert), Herkommer > Herkimer (cf.Nicholas, cheese)
Herold
Herr
Hertwig
Herz, Hertz
Herzog > Herceg/Herczeg
Hess
- Hesse, Hessen (cf. Johann(es), Sergius)
Hesselbarth
Hetsch, Hoetzsch (cf.Otto)
Hettinger, Hettner (cf.Hermann, Alfred, Otto), Hettstedt

Hildebrand, Hildebrandt, Hildebrant
- Hillebrand, Hillebrandt
Hilgendorf, Hilgenfeld
Hiller
Himmel, Himl, Himmler
Hinkel
Hintz, Hinz
Hirt, Hirth
- Hyrtl
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
Hofmann, Hoffmann, Hoffman
Hock
Holpp
Holz, Holtz, Holzmann, Holzer
Holzappel, Holzapfel (de)
Hopfes
Huber
- Hueber, Huemer, Hubner

[edit] J

Jachmann/Jachman, Yachmann (a Prussian nobility)
Jäger, Jaeger
Jahn
Jacobson (northern Germany. Includes Jewish pedigrees)
Jauch
Jellinghaus
Jentzsch
Jhering, Ihering
Jessel
John
Jost, Joost
Jung > Young
Jungmann, Jungman
Jungnickel
Just

[edit] K

[edit] L

[edit] M

Mahl-

Maislinger

Meibom
cf.Heinrich Meibom, Marcus Meibom (danish composer), etc

[edit] N

Nagtigal(Nagtigall)
Nadelman
Nagel
Naumann
Nähr
Nerius
Nest
- Nestle, Nestlé
Neubauer
Neubert
Neuhoff(Neuhof)
Neumann, Neuman > Newman
Neurath
Nicolai (cf.Nikolai)
Niebuhr
Niemeyer
Nitzsch, Nietzsche, Nitzschmann, Nitschmann, from Nikolaus
Noack
Nordmann
Noth (Not)
Nothnagel (from Notnagel)
Nürnberg, Nürnberger (> Nirenberg, Nurenberger)
Nuss, Nussbaum, Nussenbaum (includes Jewish pedigrees)

[edit] O

[edit] P

[edit] R

Radetzky, Radecki
Radunz
Rechter
Rechtmann, Rechtman
Redlich
Reich
- Reichmann, Reichman > Richman
Reichart
Reichenbach
Reichenberg
Reinach
Reimann, Reiman
Reinhard
Reinhardt
Remak, see de
Renner
Reuss
Reuter, Reutter, Reuther
Rewald (cf.John, Ruth, Sabine)
Rhodes, Rhode, Roads, Roades - c.f. Rohde
Richter
Richtmann, Richtman
Riedesel
Riegel, Riegl, Riekel
Riehm
Riemann
Riemer
R