Low German surnames

Schröder (Schroeder) is a German surname often associated with the Schröder family. Notable people with the surname include:

Suhr can refer to:

Wessels is a Dutch and Low German patronimic surname, where it was originally a Norman Viking surname. Notable people with the surname include:

The House of Ketteler (also Kettler) is the name of an old and distinguished Baltic German noble family that originated in Westphalia.

Niehaus is a German surname, meaning "new house" in a Low German dialect.

Mommsen is a surname, and may refer to one of a family of German historians, see Mommsen family:

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Schrader is a family name that is very common roughly within the Triangle Hannover-Hamburg-Berlin within Germany (so-called "Eastfalia", part of today's states of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt). It means tailor. Notable people with the surname include:

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Behnke is a surname originating from west Prussia and the western part of Pomerania, which is now modern north west Poland and north east Germany.

Diermissen is an old German surname that originated from the "Ostfälisches Altniederdeutsch" dialect spoken by the ancient Saxon tribes, who settled in the territory that now we call northern Germany. This surname comes from an old family (de Didilmissen) that lived near the modern towns of "Dielmissen" and "Bodenwerder" in modern Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen). The meaning of this surname is apparently "The house of Thiadhelm" or Thiadelmes-husen, which derives to Didelmissen-Diermissen-Dielmissen. There is evidence of various families around the world, not only in Germany, that bear this surna

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Kracht is the surname of the following notable people: Christian Kracht (born 1966), Swiss novelist and journalist Felix Kracht (1912–2002), German engineer Marion Kracht (born 1962), German television actress Torsten Kracht (born 1967), German football player

Albers is a Dutch and Low German patronymic surname, meaning "Albert's son". Notable people with the surname include:

see also Müller Moller, Möller, Møller or von Möller is a surname. 'Möller' means 'Miller'. Notable people with the surname include:

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__NOTOC__ Schroeder is a North German (from Schröder) occupational name for a cloth cutter or tailor, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German , "to cut". The same term was occasionally used to denote a gristmiller as well as a shoemaker, whose work included cutting leather, and also a drayman, one who delivered beer and wine in bulk to customers; in some instances the surname may have been acquired in either of these senses. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe which has been held by many notable people, including:

Satow may refer to:

Bruns is a surname, and may refer to: Anna Bruns (1937–2025), German politician Curt Bruns (1915–1945), German Wehrmacht captain and war criminal Dmitri Bruns (1929–2020), Estonian architect and architecture theorist Franklin Richard Bruns Jr. (1912–1979), American philatelist George Bruns (1914–1983), American music composer Karl Bruns (fl. 1950s), German slalom canoeist Ludwig Bruns (1858–1916), German neurologist Maddux Bruns (born 2002), American baseball player Manfred Bruns (1934–2019), German gay civil rights activist Martin Bruns (1960–2026), Swiss baritone and academic Nevi

Rehbinder is a German surname, and Baltic nobility of Westphalian origin: Berndt-Otto Rehbinder (1918–1974), Swedish Olympic fencer Johan Adam Rehbinder (1733–1809), Swedish historian Rehbinder (noble family) Henrik von Rehbinder (1604–1680), Friherre of the Udriku Manor in Swedish Estonia Robert Henrik Rehbinder (1777–1841), Secretary of State for the Grand Duchy of Finland Piotr Rehbinder, Russian physicist, chemist Rehbinder effect

Maack may refer to: