Blecher (family name)

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Blecher or Blöcher is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The name "Blecher" comes from the family of occupational surnames in the metalworking trades and manufacturers of sheet metal objects . The oldest forms of this family are Klemperer and Klemper (t) . Elsewhere in the 17th century, the names Flaschner and Blechner developed for the same occupational group .

distribution

In general, the surname is particularly common in Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia . The other names of the surname family are distributed as follows:

  • Spengler: 2925 phone book entries throughout Germany
  • Plumber: 54 phone book entries throughout Germany

Sheet metal

There are a total of 411 phone book entries with the name Blecher, which corresponds to about 1096 people. The largest relative and absolute distribution can be found in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district , with 88 phone book entries, followed by the Lahn-Dill district and the Wetterau district . Furthermore, 40 percent of the "Blechers" are distributed in North Rhine-Westphalia and around 38 percent in Hesse.

Blocks

There are a total of 420 phone book entries with the name Blöcher, which corresponds to about 1120 people. The largest relative and absolute distribution is found with 140 phone book entries in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district, followed by the Siegen-Wittgenstein district and the Lahn-Dill district. Furthermore, 57 percent of the "Blöchers" are distributed in Hesse and 25 percent in North Rhine-Westphalia.

variants

Well-known namesake

Form sheet metal

Form sheet metal

Form Blechschmidt

Form Blocher

Form blocks

Form bleher

Form bleker

This variant of the surname is particularly common in the Netherlands .

literature

  • Konrad Kunze : dtv-Atlas onomastics. First and last names in the German-speaking area . 4th edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-423-03266-9 , pp. 118-120 .

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