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amelung Name Meaning and History

German: from the Middle High German personal name Amelung, which was popular in the 12th and 13th centuries. It was adopted in honor of the Amelungen of medieval literature, warriors (in particular followers of Dietrich von Bern and successors of the Gothic royal house) who bore dithematic names of which the first element was amal ‘strength’, ‘energy’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the amelung family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of amelung Families in the US in 1920
Number of amelung families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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