#germanamericansurname of the day is HOECKER, alteration of HÖCKER, occupational name for a small trader. (HECKER is an unrelated German name)
January 17, 2026 at 8:51 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is HOECKER, alteration of HÖCKER, occupational name for a small trader. (HECKER is an unrelated German name)
#germanamericansurname of the day is LICKLITER /LICHLITER / LEICHLITER / LECKLITER /LECHLITER / LICKLIDER, all alterations of LECHLEITER, topographic name for a feudal tenant on a mountain slope.
January 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is LICKLITER /LICHLITER / LEICHLITER / LECKLITER /LECHLITER / LICKLIDER, all alterations of LECHLEITER, topographic name for a feudal tenant on a mountain slope.
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUTTORFF / BUTTURF / BOTTORFF / BOTTORF / BUTDORF / BATDORF / BOTDORF / POTTORFF / POTTORF, all alterations of BADORF.
January 14, 2026 at 9:40 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUTTORFF / BUTTURF / BOTTORFF / BOTTORF / BUTDORF / BATDORF / BOTDORF / POTTORFF / POTTORF, all alterations of BADORF.
#germanamericansurname of the day is RODEHEAVER, alteration of ROTHÖFER,
topographic name for someone on a farm built in a clearing
topographic name for someone on a farm built in a clearing
January 14, 2026 at 1:12 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is RODEHEAVER, alteration of ROTHÖFER,
topographic name for someone on a farm built in a clearing
topographic name for someone on a farm built in a clearing
#germanamericansurname of the day is WINEBRENNER, alteration of WEINBRENNER, occupational name for a brandy distiller.
January 12, 2026 at 8:48 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is WINEBRENNER, alteration of WEINBRENNER, occupational name for a brandy distiller.
#germanamericansurname of the day is PLAUGHER, alteration of PLOCHER, a metonymic occupational name for a jailer.
January 12, 2026 at 6:52 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is PLAUGHER, alteration of PLOCHER, a metonymic occupational name for a jailer.
#germanamericansurname of the day is TALLMAN, alteration of THALMANN.
January 6, 2026 at 6:25 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is TALLMAN, alteration of THALMANN.
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUNGER, alteration of BÜNGER, “drum maker”
December 26, 2025 at 1:57 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUNGER, alteration of BÜNGER, “drum maker”
While BOWLING can be an English surname, in the US it is sometimes an alteration of BOHLING, making it the #germanamericansurname of the day.
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
While BOWLING can be an English surname, in the US it is sometimes an alteration of BOHLING, making it the #germanamericansurname of the day.
#germanamericansurname of the day is LONGNECKER, alteration of LANGENECKER.
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is LONGNECKER, alteration of LANGENECKER.
#germanamericansurname of the day is BORROR, alteration of BÖHRER, occupational name for a driller
December 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BORROR, alteration of BÖHRER, occupational name for a driller
#germanamericansurname of the day is BITTNER, alteration of BÜTTNER, occupational name for a barrel maker.
December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BITTNER, alteration of BÜTTNER, occupational name for a barrel maker.
#germanamericansurname of the day is POHLMAN, in German more commonlly POEHLMANN or PÖHLMANN, habitational name for someone who lives by a wetland, literally a muddy pool.
November 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is POHLMAN, in German more commonlly POEHLMANN or PÖHLMANN, habitational name for someone who lives by a wetland, literally a muddy pool.
#germanamericansurname of the day is KASH, alteration of KASCH and ultimately KARSCH. For some reason ancestry dot com thinks that CASH is more likely to d ET be from KIRSCH…
November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is KASH, alteration of KASCH and ultimately KARSCH. For some reason ancestry dot com thinks that CASH is more likely to d ET be from KIRSCH…
#germanamericansurname of the day is GEYSER, alteration of GEISER, an occupational name for a goatherd.
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is GEYSER, alteration of GEISER, an occupational name for a goatherd.
#germanamericansurname of the day is WARMFLASH, alteration of WARMFLEISCH, an occupational name, I think, for a type of sausage maker. Has something to do with the meat being cooked at the time the sausages are made, I think. Like hotdogs?
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is WARMFLASH, alteration of WARMFLEISCH, an occupational name, I think, for a type of sausage maker. Has something to do with the meat being cooked at the time the sausages are made, I think. Like hotdogs?
#germanamericansurname of the day is LAUGHMAN, alteration of LACHMANN, topographic name for someone who lives near a lake.
November 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is LAUGHMAN, alteration of LACHMANN, topographic name for someone who lives near a lake.
#germanamericansurname of the day is BROOKHART, alteration of BURKHART.
November 20, 2025 at 11:53 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BROOKHART, alteration of BURKHART.
#germanamericansurname of the day is UNDERKOFFLER, alteration of UNTERKÖFLER, a topographic name for someone who lived at the lower side of a rock or mountain.
November 10, 2025 at 11:35 AM
#germanamericansurname of the day is UNDERKOFFLER, alteration of UNTERKÖFLER, a topographic name for someone who lived at the lower side of a rock or mountain.
#germanamericansurname of the day is HOUSEHOLDER, alteration of HAUSHALTER, occupational name for the steward of an estate.
November 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is HOUSEHOLDER, alteration of HAUSHALTER, occupational name for the steward of an estate.
German and #germanamericansurname of the day is METH, ultimately an occupational name from the word Met, which means ‘mead’.
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
German and #germanamericansurname of the day is METH, ultimately an occupational name from the word Met, which means ‘mead’.
#germanamericansurname of the day is STONEBURNER, a literal translation of STEINBRENNER.
September 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is STONEBURNER, a literal translation of STEINBRENNER.
Burger, Koch and Fries are each the #germanamericansurname of the day
August 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Burger, Koch and Fries are each the #germanamericansurname of the day
#germanamericansurname of the day is CLICK, alteration of GLÜCK, as are GLUCK, GLUECK and GLICK.
July 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is CLICK, alteration of GLÜCK, as are GLUCK, GLUECK and GLICK.
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUMGARDNER/ BAUMGARDNER/BOMGARDNER, all alterations of BAUMGARTNER, occupational name for an orchard worker. Posted today because of a Baumgartner in the news. And I think I have a new nom de toot coming on.
July 21, 2025 at 4:50 PM
#germanamericansurname of the day is BUMGARDNER/ BAUMGARDNER/BOMGARDNER, all alterations of BAUMGARTNER, occupational name for an orchard worker. Posted today because of a Baumgartner in the news. And I think I have a new nom de toot coming on.