English: probably from Middle English flack, flak
‘turf’, ‘sod’ (as found in the place name Flatmoor, in
Cambridgeshire), and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a
turf cutter.
North German: topographic name probably
derived from a lost word denoting stagnant water.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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