Vogel (family name)

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Vogel is a German family name .

origin of the name

Vogel was the Middle High German nickname for a bird catcher or dealer; transmitted also for a happy, lively person .

frequency

In Germany, the surname Vogel is in 51st position on the list of the most common surnames in Germany . The name has also spread outside Germany through emigration . It is also common in Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands (1694x) and Belgium (184x).

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  • Otto Vogel (writer) (1838–1914), German high school director and writer
  • Otto Vogel ( Otto Adolf Heinrich Vogel ; 1894–1983), German manufacturer and businessman

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  • Vic Vogel (1935–2019), Canadian jazz pianist, arranger and band leader
  • Viola Vogel (* 1959), German biophysicist and university professor
  • Volkmar Vogel (* 1959), German politician (CDU)

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