Ankenbauer Family History
Ankenbauer Name Meaning
South German (mainly Bavaria): from Middle High German anken ‘butter’ + būr ‘farmer’ (see Bauer ) hence an occupational name for a dairy farmer. Alternatively the first element may be a topographic term Anke meaning ‘slight rise in the ground’ or an old term ank ‘watery’ hence ‘farmer with fields in a wet area’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022