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The barfknecht Surname

barfknecht Name Meaning and History

  1. most probably a nickname from Middle Low German berve (bederve, modern bieder) ‘honest’, ‘trustworthy’ + knecht ‘vassal’, ‘man’, ‘servant’.
  2. alternatively perhaps a variant of Barbknecht, an occupational name or nickname for a barber’s assistant, from Barb(ier) ‘barber’ + knecht ‘servant’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of barfknecht Families in the US in 1920
Number of barfknecht families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 9 - Messages: 32
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Family Search!! southernrain18 12
Gustave Barfknecht joannes195 0
Fred BARFKNECHT and Louise ZARNOTT Heidi 0
Fred Barfnecht debsmom 0
Barfknecht in Round Grove TX tntricia1 7
Barfknecht Document Available going back to 1600s deborahwalsh44 3
BARFKNECHT, Karl aka Charles INGALLS SteveWalsh28 1
brynn brynn 0
hi Brynn 0
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