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Position:Home>Genealogy> Does anyone know what part of Germany the surname 'Arnold' came from??Question: Does anyone know what part of Germany the surname 'Arnold' came from??What about 'Berg' and 'Linn'? Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The surname "Arnold", being originally a first name, is spread quite evenly across Germany. It's no. 100 on the list of most frequent German surnames: http://nachname.gofeminin.de/w/nachnamen... Berg (meaning "mountain" in German) is more frequent; it's no 74 on the list and also spread quite evenly over Germany: http://nachname.gofeminin.de/w/nachnamen... Linn is much less frequent: it's no. 2,493 on the listy and most frequent in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony: http://nachname.gofeminin.de/w/nachnamen... |