The balke Surname
balke Name Meaning and History
- German: from Balke ‘timber’, ‘beam’; hence a metonymic occupational name for a carpenter.
- German: variant of Balk.
- Norwegian: habitational name from a farmstead named Balke, from Old Norse balkr ‘beam’, used in the sense ‘ridge’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| balke | Nancy | 2 |
| NY State Balke- Balka | Edward MacDonald | 1 |
| Marie Louise BALKE |
 carolb941
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| BLAKE David J 1974-1988 |
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| BALKE Billie Nunn 1929-1988 |
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| BALKE William F and Monna K FERGUSON |
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| Balke | William Balke | 2 |
| Where In Germany did Julius Balke come from? |
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| Gustave BALKE Decendents | kenotoreno | 1 |
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