Frequency: (129)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: nickname for a cheerful, independent person, like a finch in the woods, from Middle High German lō ‘brush’, ‘woods’ + vinke ‘finch’.
GIVEN NAME German 4%. Kurt.
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