Behnke is a surname originating from west Prussia and the western part of Pomerania, which is now modern north west Poland and north east Germany.[ citation needed ]
König is the German word for "king". In German and other languages applying the umlaut, the transliterations Koenig and Kœnig, when referring to a surname, also occur. As a surname in English, the use of Koenig is usual, and sometimes also Konig. Notable people with the name include:
Helms is an English and Danish Patronymic Surname and means son of Helm, which derives from the Old Norse name Hjelm or Hjälm meaning 'helmet'. The name may also be a short form of the English Toponymic Surname Helmsley after the town in North Yorkshire. It may refer to:
Baer or Van Baer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Borchardt is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Strack is a German language surname. It may refer to:
Oakley is a surname of English origin, and may refer to:
Wetzel is the name of several persons, places, and other entities:
Gross or Groß in German is the correct spelling of the surname under German orthographic rules. In Switzerland, the name is spelled Gross. Some Germans and Austrians also use the spelling with "ss" instead of "ß".
Fricke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
George is a surname of Irish, English, Welsh, South Indian Christian, Middle Eastern Christian, French, or Native American origin. The German form is Georg. Notable people with the surname include:
Scheffler is a German surname:
Pfeifer is a German-language occupational surname meaning "whistler" or "pipe-" or "fife-player" and etymologically akin to English Piper and Fifer; other spellings include Pfeiffer. The spelling Pfeifer may refer to:
Stephan is used as a surname, and may refer to:
Fuchs is a surname; it has as variants Fux, Fuhs and Fuchß. Notable persons bearing it include the following:
Busse is a surname. People with this surname include:
Erickson is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Herold is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Owens is a surname representing two separate Celtic ethnicities: the Welsh from ab Owain meaning "son of Owen" with English patronymic-s, and the Irish by the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain.
Rehm is a surname, and may refer to:
High is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: