The benkert Surname
benkert Name Meaning and History
South German: habitational name for someone from a place named
Benk, of which there are several examples in Bavaria, or from either
of two places in Switzerland named Benken, in Basel and Zurich
cantons. In some instances it may be an occupational name for a
carpenter, from an agent derivative of Middle High German
benken ‘to make benches’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Helen Benkert Melody Tower Farm Illinois |
 barbara15
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| Katherine Beinkert |
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| Benkerts from Ohio.. |
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| Benkert Family of Philadelphia |
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| Benkerts of Ohio here.... | Barb | 7 |
| Benkert Family | Donna Butterfield | 0 |
| Benkert family from Gert Hausen, Germany |
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| yes, my parents lived in Bethpage!!! |
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| Benkerts in Nordheim, Germany | A Benkert | 0 |
| Donna Benkert | Cate | 0 |
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