Kurtenbach
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kurtenbach.
Proper noun edit
Kurtenbach (plural Kurtenbachs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kurtenbach is the 34185th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Kurtenbach is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kurtenbach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 368.
German edit
Etymology edit
Kurten + Bach, the former being a placename in Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, which could either be from Medieval Latin cohortis (“courtyard”) or from op de corte (“on the short (watercourse)”); see modern kurz (“short”).
Proper noun edit
Kurtenbach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kurtenbachs or (with an article) Kurtenbach, feminine genitive Kurtenbach, plural Kurtenbachs)
- a surname
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Kurtenbach.
Proper noun edit
Kurtenbach m or f by sense
- a surname from German