Frequency: (139)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: 1. topographic name for someone who lived ‘up there’. 2. alternatively, it may be a nickname for an upstart or a go-getter, from the same word in the sense ‘up on top’.
GIVEN NAME German 4%. Otto.
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