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’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The bergholz name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bergholz family name as far back in history as possible.

bergholz Family Facts

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Distribution of bergholz Families in the US in 1920

Number of bergholz families

11-19

4-10

1-3

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Andreas Christoph Bergholz	Bobbi_Doll_123	0
William Rudolph Otto Bergholz [1832-1901], Columbia, South Carolina and New Rochelle, New York	Kurt Culbertson	0

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