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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name from Middle High German vleck(e) ‘place’, ‘spot’, frequent in place and farm names, often referring to a settlement on open land surrounded by woods.
  • German : occupational name from agent derivative of Middle High German vlec(ke) ‘patch’, ‘spot’ (see Fleck).

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