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Pages in category "German-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 4,539 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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 "Surnames of German origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 568 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Pages in category "Surnames of Jewish origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,461 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 ).
This list has been divided into four sections for reasons of length: List of Nazis (A–E) : from Gustav Abb to Hanns Heinz Ewers (~ 247 names) List of Nazis (F–K) : from Arnold Fanck to Kurt Küttner (~ 268 names) List of Nazis (L–R) : from Bodo Lafferentz to Bernhard Rust (~ 232 names) List of Nazis (S–Z) : from Ernst Sagebiel to Fritz ...
Historically, Jews used Hebrew patronymic names. In the Jewish patronymic system the first name is followed by either ben- or bat- ("son of" and "daughter of," respectively), and then the father's name. ( Bar-, "son of" in Aramaic, is also seen.) Permanent family surnames exist today but only gained popularity among Sephardic Jews in Iberia and ...
Paul Giesler – Gauleiter of Gau Westphalia-South (1941–1943) and Gau Munich-Upper Bavaria (1942–1945). He was also Minister President of Bavaria from 1942, an SA- Obergruppenfuhrer and was named Minister of the Interior in Hitler's will. Herbert Otto Gille – SS- Obergruppenfuhrer; Waffen-SS General.