Jewish (Ashkenazic)[1] and
Germanoccupational surname derived from schenken (to pour out or serve) referring to the medieval profession of
cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper). At one time only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why Shenk (Russian) and its later surname variants are very common.[2][3]
People with this surname include:
People
Adolph Schenck (1803–1878), German teacher and entomologist
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Jewish (Ashkenazic)[1] and
Germanoccupational surname derived from schenken (to pour out or serve) referring to the medieval profession of
cup-bearer or wine server (later also to tavern keeper). At one time only Jews were allowed to sell alcohol in the Russian empire, which is why Shenk (Russian) and its later surname variants are very common.[2][3]
People with this surname include:
People
Adolph Schenck (1803–1878), German teacher and entomologist
This page lists people with the
surnameSchenck. If an
internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that
link by adding the person's
given name(s) to the link.