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The gottfried Surname

gottfried Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements god, got ‘god’ + frid(u) ‘peace’.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name composed of German Gott ‘God’ + Friede ‘peace’, or ornamental adoption of the German personal name as a surname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of gottfried Families in the US in 1920
Number of gottfried families
 46-89
 16-45		 1-15
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 28 - Messages: 66
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Gottfried Family Evelyn Wolfer 4
Joseph Gottfried/Mary Pecka b Bohemia Patty Stutsman 4
Joseph Gottfried & Rita JDWalley 0
Gustave Gottfried themazama_1 3
Louisa GOTTFRIED Fauser ttrash 0
Sgt. 1st Class Richard S. Gottfried, 42, of Lake Ozark, Mo., died March 9, 2004 Gen-Friend 0
Gottfried Family Report (as of 25 May 2004) Mark Rosenblum 1
Gottfried Family Angela Dutra 7
Gottfried Karen(Fischer)German 0
Obit. Jacob B. Gottfried KayRomubio 0
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