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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • North German (Schönbeck) : topographic name from Middle Low German schōne ‘beautiful’ + beke ‘creek’, or a habitational name from any of numerous places named Schönbeck or Schönebeck.
  • Belgian : habitational name from places in Belgium named Schoenbeek in Limburg, or Schoonbeek in West Flanders.

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