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klingbeil Name Meaning and History

German: from Middle High German klingen ‘to ring or sound’ + bil ‘axe’, literally ‘sound the axe’, an occupational nickname for a journeyman, carpenter, shipwright (or any occupation involving the use of an axe). Journeymen’s names often contained a humorous element, as they were bestowed at merry promotion parties or ‘christenings’ held to celebrate the recipients successful completion of their apprenticeship.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the klingbeil family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of klingbeil Families in the US in 1920
Number of klingbeil families
 29-56
 10-28		 1-9
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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