Butcher (family name)

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The name Fleischhauer belongs to the group of family names that were originally derived from the professional activity of the first name bearer ( butcher ).

General

A certain place of origin and period of origin of the name cannot be precisely determined, especially since there are many indications that the name originated in different regions of the former German cultural area around the same time. Nevertheless, the name can be traced back to the Middle High German language area. The Middle High German word for butcher is "vleischhouwer". From 13th to 15th In the 19th century the butcher was known as a butcher mainly in the area west of the Rhine and north of the Main and Eger up to Silesia and East Prussia.

In the Middle Ages, the occupational title differentiated between the domestic butcher (mostly in the country) and the (urban) bone, bone or butcher who sold his goods on the market.

distribution

An increased occurrence can be found along an S-shaped line, starting in East Prussia, through West Prussia, Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia, Hesse, Westphalia, to the border with Belgium. In the Flemish part of Belgium and in the Netherlands there was and still is a similar sounding synonymous name (Vleeschauwer). After a few namesake immigrants to the USA in the 18th / 19th centuries, the name is still widespread there today and can be found in different spelling variants.

The geographical distribution of the name “Fleischhauer” in Germany can be determined on the basis of telephone subscribers (as of December 31, 2002). The name occurs accordingly with 1262 entries in 268 counties and occupies the 2631st place of the most common family names, which means that it occurs more than average. A cluster of the name can be found in the Hildburghausen district (Thuringia). Here, the relative frequency of the name is 590 connections per million inhabitants, which puts the district in the top position in Germany by a clear margin. In absolute terms, too, the Hildburghausen district takes a top position with 50–60 entries. Other districts in which the name occurs both relatively (120–240 entries per million inhabitants) and absolute (15–30 entries) are the district of Gotha , the Ilm district , the Kyffhäuserkreis and the Unstrut-Hainich -Kreis and the Saale-Holzland-Kreis (all in Thuringia) and the Vogelsbergkreis (Hesse).

variants

Fleischauer, Fleischhauer, Fleishhauer, Fleishauer, Fleishhower, Fleishower, Vleeschauwer, Vleeshauwer, Vleeshauer.

Names like Fleischhacker , Knochenhauer , Beinhauer and similar-sounding have a similar origin, but they are not listed here because of their other word stem as variants of "butcher".

Name bearer

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  1. ↑ a b Konrad Kunze : Atlas onomastics. First and last names in the German-speaking area. Berlin 2005, p. 272. (cf. AN, p. 113) ( DNB .)
  2. ↑ Geogen online service