Zaschka (family name)

Relative frequency of the name Zaschka in Germany

Zaschka is a German family name .

Origin and meaning

The name is an origin name (" coming from Zatzschke ") from the place Zatzschke , first mentioned in 1417, a district of the city of Pirna ( Saxony ).

Variants and Distribution

Most frequent occurrence of the surname Zaschka as a percentage :

Zaschka with around 270 namesake in southern Germany and in over 50 cities and districts:
1. Bavaria: around 50% of all “Zaschka” in Germany
2. Hessen: about 25%
3. North Rhine-Westphalia: about 12%
4. Baden-Württemberg: around 10%
5. Saarland: about 5%

The variant "of Zaschka" in Austria has

Zaschke with about 320 namesake with irregular distribution in Germany

Well-known namesake

Anton Zaschka (1832–1919), German bandmaster, conductor, pianist and entertainer
Engelbert Zaschka (1895–1955), German chief engineer, designer, inventor and helicopter pioneer
Milly Zaschka (1892–1975), German opera singer, actress and director
Hanns Zaschka , German lawyer, commentator on the Court Fees Act ( German Empire ) of June 18, 1878
Karl Zaschka (1893–1974), German theologian and Catholic priest, known for resistance campaigns during the National Socialist era
Hubert Zaschka , German singer and musician, founded the Original Naabtal Duo together with Wolfgang Edenharder

Klaus Zaschka (* 1957), German painter and site manager

Christian Zaschke (* 1971), German author and foreign correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung

Web links

Germany: Absolute distribution of the name "Zaschka" with map and statistics on verwandt.de
Austria: Absolute distribution of the name “Zaschka” with map and statistics on nameskarten.lima-city.at

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b ^c Distribution of the family name in Germany: Geogen von Christoph Stoepel
^ Max Gottschald : German onomastics. Berlin, New York 1982, p. 582
↑ CFT Rudowsky: Directory of the entire localities of the Kingdom of Saxony ... after the census on December 3, 1855. Ramming, Dresden 1857, p. 80.
↑ Ernst Engel : Journal of the Statistical Bureau of the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior. Commission publishing house by Heinrich Huebner, Leipzig 1855, p. 179.
↑ See Filmwelt: Das Film- und Photo Magazin. Verlag August Scherl GmbH, Berlin 1939, issue of May 26, 1939.

[Verbreitung-1] A ^b ^c Distribution of the family name in Germany: Geogen von Christoph Stoepel

[2] Max Gottschald : German onomastics. Berlin, New York 1982, p. 582

[3] CFT Rudowsky: Directory of the entire localities of the Kingdom of Saxony ... after the census on December 3, 1855. Ramming, Dresden 1857, p. 80.

[4] Ernst Engel : Journal of the Statistical Bureau of the Royal Saxon Ministry of the Interior. Commission publishing house by Heinrich Huebner, Leipzig 1855, p. 179.

[5] See Filmwelt: Das Film- und Photo Magazin. Verlag August Scherl GmbH, Berlin 1939, issue of May 26, 1939.