Kauffmann History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany
Israel

The distinguished surname Kauffmann is a proud symbol of a Jewish culture, which is found in many places world-wide. In the Middle Ages, it became necessary to adopt surnames, since people were moving closer together, and it was becoming difficult to distinguish between people with the same names. The surname Kauffmann is an occupational surname, which belongs to the category of hereditary surnames. This surname was given to a banker, pawnbroker, or usurer. It derives from the German word lehenen, which means to lend.

Kauffmann Ranking

In France, the name Kauffmann is the 1,762^nd most popular surname with an estimated 3,460 people with that name. 1

Kauffmann migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Kauffmann Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Isaac Kauffmann, who arrived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania in 1709
Heinrich Kauffmann, who settled in Philadelphia in 1731
Abraham Kauffmann, who settled in German Town, Pennsylvania in 1734
Anna Kauffmann, aged 28, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1752 2
Anna Apollonia Kauffmann, who arrived in America in 1756 2
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Kauffmann Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Abraham Kauffmann, aged 18, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 2
Adolph Kauffmann, who landed in Galveston, Tex in 1850 2
Andreas Kauffmann, aged 32, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Kauffmann (post 1700) +

Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807), Swiss-Austrian painter, born at Coire, the capital of the Grisons, 30 Oct. 1741, and baptised by the names of Maria Anna Angelica, the only daughter of Johann Josef Kauffmann, a native of Schwarzenberg, near Bregenz 3
Stanley Kauffmann (b. 1916), long-time film critic for The New Republic
Léon Kauffmann (1869-1952), the 12th Prime Minister of Luxembourg

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 26 October 2020