Frequency: (220)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: topographic name for someone who lived by a nut tree (see Nussbaum).
GIVEN NAMES: German 7%. Christoph, Ernst, Gerhard, Inge, Klaus.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
