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Help[Surname] Re: German surnames Buettel & Kofahl
in reply to a message by lindso
You're spot on with Kofahl, same as Polish Kowal. It's one of those Slavo-German names from east of the Elbe, indicative of Sorbian/Lusatian origin, not a Germanised Polish name. It's surprising how many "German" surnames are really Slavic in origin.
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