The stang Surname
stang Name Meaning and History
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
stang, German Stange ‘pole’, ‘shaft’, hence a nickname
for a tall, thin person, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of
wooden shafts for spears and the like, or a metonymic occupational
name for a soldier.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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