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According to Ernest Thode (professional genealogist, author, lecturer, map dealer and
FEEFHS professional member) the forty most common German names, in approximate
descending order, are: 1. MÜLLER = MUELLER 2. SCHMIDT 3. MEYER 4. SCHNEIDER 5. FISCHER 6. WEBER 7. BECKER 8. WAGNER 9. SCHÄFER = SCHAEFER 10. SCHULZ 11. HOFFMANN 12. BAUER 13. KOCH 14. KLEIN 15. SCHRÖDER = SCHROEDER 16. SCHWARZ / SCHWARTZ 17. WOLF 18. NEUMANN 19. BRAUN 20. ZIMMERMANN 21. HUBER 22. HARTMANN 23. WEISS 24. RICHTER 25. LANGE 26. KRAUSE / KRAUSS 27. KRÜGER = KRUEGER 28. WERNER 29. PETERS 30. FUCHS 31. WALTER 32. KÖNIG = KOENIG 33. KÖHLER = KOEHLER 34. KAISER 35. JUNG 36. KELLER 37. HERMANN 38. ROTH 39. GRÜN = GRUEN 40. GROSS |