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[Surname] Unkle
My Mom's maiden name is Unkle. I think it may be German. Does anyone know?
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UNKEL (unkle could be the same with a metathesis, maybe by association with "uncle") is a German surname. It means "from Unkel". Unkel is a place in Rhineland Palatinate, about 15 km south of Bonn on the Rhine.
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