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The klenk Surname

klenk Name Meaning and History

  1. German: nickname from Middle High German glenke ‘nimble’, ‘alert’.
  2. from Middle High German klenken ‘to cause something to sound or ring’, hence a nickname for a gossip.
  3. Czech: topographic name for someone living near a maple tree, from klen ‘maple’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of klenk Families in the US in 1920
Number of klenk families
 27-51
 10-26		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 21 - Messages: 80
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Klenk family, Philadelphia (descendants of Frederick & Mary Klenk) lavlav 0
Klenk Klenck in Evansville Indiana geelsh 0
Klenk, Rosa (Solitario) (OBIT PA 10-4-2006) myobituarysite 0
KLENK, KLINK,CLINK Jan Brown 47
Searching for adopted daughter smi7437 3
Joseph Klenk, Washington, DC, circa 1922 grucelak123 0
Klenks in Ionia County Michigan @@brushar@t-one.net 0
KLENK - Great Grand Mother Family Marc Hegley 1
Klenks in Poland malwina klenk 0
Klenk in NY & NJ blastergran 0
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