Frequency: (150)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German (Westphalia): topographic name for someone living near an area of swampy underbrush or in a hollow, from Meck (probably from the personal name, see Meck) + Low German Strut(h), Stroth ‘underbrush’, ‘hollow’.
GIVEN NAME German 4%. Kurt (2).
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