Frequency: (603)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
North German and Dutch: 1. nickname for an obstreperous person, from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch rummeln, rumpeln to make a noise, create a disturbance (of imitative origin). 2. variant of Rummel 2.
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Kurt (3), Fritz (2), Erwin, Gerhart, Hans.
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