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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a nickname for a greedy, stingy person, from Middle Low German vrak ‘greedy’, ‘stingy’, or for an invalid, from Middle Low German vrak ‘damaged’, ‘useless’; also used as a derogatory nickname.

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