can someone translate this from German?

Question

Aller wahrscheinlichkeit nach ist er das.
Im späten Mittelalter, als man in den meisten Regionen Deutschlands begann denn Menschen Nachnamen zu geben (häufig die Städteschreiber für die Bürgerlisten), wurde oft der Herkunftsort als Nachnahme gewählt. Als Faustregel kann man sagen, daß die namensgebende Reigon umso größer ist, je weiter man von ihr entfernt war. Dies ist der Grund, warum beispielsweise heute soviele Westfals herumlaufen.
In Dänemark beispielsweise wurden auch Deutsch nach ihrem Herkunftsland "Tysk" genannt, in Italien "Teodesci", in Frankreich "Allemand", etc.

and don't put it through one of those translation websites because it does even work becuase the words don't come out right

Answer 1

According to all probability it is that. In the late Middle Ages, when one in most regions of Germany surname began to give then persons (frequently the cities clerks for the citizen list), was selected often that origin plotted as a c.o.d. As a rule of thumb, one can say that the namensgebende Reigon is all the more larger, the further one was removed by it. This is the reason why for example today soviele Westfals run around. In Denmark for example were named also German after its country of origin "Tysk", in Italy "Teodesci", in France "Allemand", etc

Answer 2

In all probability this is how it happened. In the latter part of the Middle Ages, when in most regions of Germany it became customary to give people surnames (usually the municipal registers for the list of citizens) [we’d say electoral list nowadays, but they didn’t all get to vote] the usual choice of surname being the place of origin. As a rule of thumb, it might be said that the further people had moved away from their region of origin, the more likely they would be to choose it as a surname. That is why, for example there are so many Westfals around today. In Denmark, for example, Germans would take on the name “Tysk” to denote their country of origin, being called "Teodesci" in Italy, "Allemand" in France, etc

Answer 3

In all probability, it is this. In the late Middle Ages, when surnames began being given to people (mostly by the city clerks for their lists of citizens), the point of origin was often chosen as the surname. As a rule of thumb, it can be said that the larger the name-giving region was, the further one was distant from it. This is the reason why, for example, so many Westfals [i.e., Westphalians?] are still around. German is called "Tysk" in Denmark, for example, after its homeland; in Italian it is "Teodesci", in French "Allemand" and so on.