Frequency: (124)
(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 big eater, from Middle Low German quās ‘guzzling’, ‘feasting’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 9%. Otto (2), Gerhard.
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