I'm doing family research. I am not Jewish, but I have found families around the world with the surnames Geier and Koch are Jewish. Both surnames also come from Germany. There are families with these name that are not Jewish. I want to determine their ancient origins if possible.
2006-06-21 12:15:11 · 4 answers · asked by Greg 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Family
Koch means cook in German. Many surnames are terms for jobs. (e.g. Schmidt means Smith).
Geier means vulture in German.
There are Jewish and non-Jewish people named Koch.
I'm not sure about Geier.
2006-06-21 12:23:07 · answer #1 · answered by Dan S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the European Jewish surnames may have originated from the Khazarian . And hence spread across Europe. These being Ashkenazy Jews. These Jews existed approximately a thousand years before the modern State of Israel
2016-03-27 00:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm Jewish and I dont know any people with those names. They're not very popular names, although I can't say that there are no Jews with that name.
2006-06-22 09:08:50 · answer #3 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldnt say that they are jewish, they have more names like Rosenberg- thal , stein , or start with Gold-
however
Geier means vulgar
and Koch means Cook
2006-06-21 16:03:02 · answer #4 · answered by gonecrazy_fl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋