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Schaller
German name from the Middle High German word “schallære”, meaning: boaster, town-crier, bawler

Statz
German name (even to be found in the version Statzger), meaning stutterer, stammerer

Whitehead (is it as logical as it seems?)
Yes, it is! It’s an English name meaning: white-haired

Hughes
English name meaning: son of Hugh (Hugh is an English form of the Old High German first name Hugo/Hugi which means: mind, spirit, soul, thought

Linney (Could be spelled Linny, as well--we're not totally sure)
Maybe a form of Lindsey????

Leuthold
Form of the Old High German first name Liutwald meaning: people + rule

Regards, Judith

wicket [< Middle English "wiket"] 1. a small door or gate, esp. one in or near a larger one. 2. a small window, as in a box office. 3. in croquet, any of the small wire arches through which the balls must be hit.

For a surname, I'd say it came from either 1 or 2.