Frequency: (769)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. South German: topographic name for someone who lived by a gate or fence, from Middle High German schranc ‘gate’, ‘barrier’.
2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name from German Schrank ‘wardrobe’, ‘closet’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 5%. Kurt (2), Erhardt, Erwin, Heinz, Helmut, Horst, Reimund, Wilhelm.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
