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in reply to a message by Calanthe
Here is one explanation:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Klebba
However, I'm not convinced. The evidence is confused. Here's a statistic - in 1998 there were 651 people surnamed Klebba in Poland, and 578 of the were living in the Gdansk area.
As your dad will no doubt confirm, Gdansk/Danzig was ethnically mixed. There were German and Poles; some of the Germans had Polish names, and some of the Poles had German names. In addition some people living in that region were known as Kashubians (Kaszub). It seems that some Kashubians considered themselve German, others Polish. What is more there were Kashubians surnamed Klebba.
Regarding the surname, the double-B gives it an un-Polish look to my eyes, though I've also seen the spelling Kleba.There is also a Polish name Klebowski. But just to confuse the issue there is a German surname, Klebbe.
German or Polish? I can't make my mind up.
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/Fact.aspx?fid=10&ln=Klebba
However, I'm not convinced. The evidence is confused. Here's a statistic - in 1998 there were 651 people surnamed Klebba in Poland, and 578 of the were living in the Gdansk area.
As your dad will no doubt confirm, Gdansk/Danzig was ethnically mixed. There were German and Poles; some of the Germans had Polish names, and some of the Poles had German names. In addition some people living in that region were known as Kashubians (Kaszub). It seems that some Kashubians considered themselve German, others Polish. What is more there were Kashubians surnamed Klebba.
Regarding the surname, the double-B gives it an un-Polish look to my eyes, though I've also seen the spelling Kleba.There is also a Polish name Klebowski. But just to confuse the issue there is a German surname, Klebbe.
German or Polish? I can't make my mind up.
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