Frequency: (185)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: from the name of a wood near Aken in Anhalt, but the surname is also taken to be a variant of Goldberg.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Goldberg.
GIVEN NAMES: Scandinavian 6%; Jewish 6%. Bjorn, Nels; Aron, Frima, Polina, Yakov.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
