Kurtenbach

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kurtenbach.

Proper noun

Kurtenbach (plural Kurtenbachs)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kurtenbach is the 34185^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 664 individuals. Kurtenbach is most common among White (96.54%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kurtenbach”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 368.

German

Etymology

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

Kurtenbach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kurtenbachs or (with an article) Kurtenbach, feminine genitive Kurtenbach, plural Kurtenbachs)

1. a surname

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kurtenbach.

Proper noun

Kurtenbach m or f by sense

1. a surname from German