The rumfelt Surname

rumfelt Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of German Romfeld, from Middle Low German rüm- ‘to clear (land)’ + feld ‘open country’, ‘field’, a topographic name or possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone engaged in clearing woodland, or in some cases a habitational name for someone from Romfelt in the Ardennes.
Perhaps an altered spelling of Dutch Rumfels, Rundfeldt, a habitational name from Romfelt (see 1).

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rumfelt Family Facts

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Distribution of rumfelt Families in the US in 1920

Number of rumfelt families

14-25

5-13

1-4

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Robert Harrison Rumfelt Obituary 1881-1973	kaitysmom	0
Lost my Rumfelt contact	smayrosecrans	3
Paralee Rumfelt	NKester	1
Rumfelts in South Carolina and Indiana	EddieRumfelt	0
Franklin Pierce Rumfelt Obituary 1905-1971	kaitysmom	0
Im from the Tn branch of Rumfelts	Matthew Rumfelt	16
RUMFELT, Caden	CooooCayemberg	0
Rumfelt in Laurens SC	jrumfelt_1	3
Rumfelt family in South Carolina	Kimberly Rumfelt	8
Ollis Rumfelt, Rutherford North Carolina	mervyn_24	0

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