Huber is a German surname. It derives from the German word Hube meaning hide, a unit of land a farmer might possess, granting them the status of a free tenant. It is in the top ten most common surnames in the German-speaking world, especially in Austria and Switzerland where it is the surname of approximately 0.3% of the population.
Weiner is a surname or, in fact, the spelling of two different surnames originating in German and the closely related Yiddish language. In German, the name is pronounced [vaɪnɐ(ʁ)], of which the rare English pronunciation is a close approximation. In Yiddish, the name is pronounced almost as in southern German.
Schlesinger is a German surname meaning "Silesian" and may refer to:
Reuter or Reutter may refer to the following people:
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Becker is one of the German-language surnames, along with Bäcker and Baecker, that derive from the [baːk]~[bɛk] root, which refers to baking. The surname began as a name for a baker. In northern Germany it can also derive from the word Beck for Bach to denote origin.
Schmitz is a common German surname (smith), which may refer to:
Kirsten is both a given name and a surname.
Tomášek is a common Czech surname, meaning "little Thomas". Notable people include:
Albert is a surname, and may refer to:
Schmid is a German surname that is a cognate of "Smith", an occupational surname for a blacksmith. The spelling is more common in Switzerland than Schmidt or Schmitt. Notable people with the surname include:
The surname Leo can refer to:
Groth is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Snijders is a Dutch occupational surname. Snijder literally means "cutter", referring to a taylor or a woodcarver. People with this surname include:
Baumann is a German surname, and may refer to:
Tedesco is an Italian word for "German". Etymologically, it derives from Theodiscus, sharing the same root of German "Deutsch", it is derived from “Teutonic”. Both Tedesco and Tedeschi are common surnames among Italians, both in Italy and in the diaspora. The surname and its variants means someone from Germany. The surname is also listed as a common Jewish surname in Italy. Paul Johnson notes that the 'Natione Tedesca' described Jews of German origin, being among the three Jewish ethnic divisions resident in mid-16th-century Venice.
Vogl is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Glass or Glaß is a surname with several sources. It can be English, German, Russian/Slavic, Irish or Scottish. Many with the last name Glass, are of eastern European descent, where Glass is a shortened version of their original last name. It is also a Jewish surname, adopted by some Eastern European Ashkenazi in the nineteenth century. After being forced by the authorities to take on a surname, Jews in this area typically chose names referring to places, animals, occupations or signifying personal traits. The name Glass referred to Glass-making, Glazing and the Glass trade.
Rottenberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Schröter or Schroeter is a German surname, a variant of Schröder. It may also be written without diacritics as Schroter. It is an occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor. Notable people with the surname include:
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