The frankenberg Surname
frankenberg Name Meaning and History
- German: habitational name from a place in northern Hesse named as ‘fort (Old High German burg) of the Franks’. Situated on the border with the Saxons, Frankenberg was founded c. 1230.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from this place or an ornamental name from German Franken + Berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’, ‘mountain’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Frankenberg, Germany and Ohio | Dorothy | 1 |
| Frankenberg, Albert Brooklyn NY from Germany | Faith Wickham Shea Neal | 3 |
| Frankenberg, Lehnhardt, Wisniewski, Hashe from East Prussia |
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| William and Sophia Frankenberg |
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| Frankenbergs of Ogallala, NE |
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| Helen Headlee Frankenberg | HelenMarr W. Johannesen | 0 |
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