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The bergholz Surname

bergholz Name Meaning and History

German: folk-etymological variant of the personal name Berchtold (see Berthold), probably via Bercholz, another variant; or from a respelling of the Low German topographic name Berkholt ‘birchwood’, from Middle Low German berk(e) ‘birch’ + holt (High German Holz) ‘wood’.

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Distribution of bergholz Families in the US in 1920
Number of bergholz families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
 0
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