Strunk is a German surname, originating from the
Middle High German word strunc and the
Middle Low German word strunk/stronk meaning "stump", "stem of a cabbage plant", and "stalk", which was used as a nickname for "a short, stout, ungainly person"; it was also used as "a topographic name for someone who lived in an area with tree trunks" or a vegetable field.[1][2] There are 2105 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country.[2] As of 2010, there were 8129 people in the United States with this surname.[1] A spelling variant of the surname is Strunck, with 337 bearers in Germany.[3]
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abHeuser, Rita (18 December 2023).
"Strunk". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^Heuser, Rita (18 December 2023).
"Strunck". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
Surname list
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surnameStrunk. If an
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Strunk is a German surname, originating from the
Middle High German word strunc and the
Middle Low German word strunk/stronk meaning "stump", "stem of a cabbage plant", and "stalk", which was used as a nickname for "a short, stout, ungainly person"; it was also used as "a topographic name for someone who lived in an area with tree trunks" or a vegetable field.[1][2] There are 2105 people with this surname in Germany, mostly in the west of the country.[2] As of 2010, there were 8129 people in the United States with this surname.[1] A spelling variant of the surname is Strunck, with 337 bearers in Germany.[3]
^
abHeuser, Rita (18 December 2023).
"Strunk". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
^Heuser, Rita (18 December 2023).
"Strunck". Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
Surname list
This page lists people with the
surnameStrunk. 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.