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Subject: Re: Website for Information on Surnames
Author: Marc   (guest, 65.94.44.163)
Date: January 20, 2012 at 10:28:02 AM
Reply to: Re: Website for Information on Surnames by Charls
The English surname Fleck comes from Old Norse fleki 'hurdle', and is thus the nickname of a maker of these. Fleck is also found in Ireland and Scotland but the origin is different and basically undetermined. That said, there is no evidence that Fleck in the US is anything but German as shown, for example, at http://tinyurl.com/6ta3drs.

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