Reichenbach Surname History

Origins Available:
Austria
Germany
Israel

The prestigious surname Reichenbach comes from the ancient Jewish culture. This surname is a nickname surname, which comes from the broad category of hereditary surnames. In the Middle Ages, it became necessary to adopt a second name, or surname, because people were moving closer together in towns and cities, and it was becoming difficult to identify people with the same first names. The surname Reichenbach is a metronymic surname, which means that it comes from the given name of the mother of the bearer. The Hebrew name Rachel became Reichel, in German-Yiddish, and it is from this given name that the surname Reichenbach derives.

Reichenbach Ranking

In the United States, the name Reichenbach is the 13,176^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Reichenbach migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Reichenbach Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anna Maria Reichenbach, aged 2, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
Catherina Reichenbach, aged 8, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
Johannes Reichenbach, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
Maria Barbara Reichenbach, aged 5, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1733 2
Conrad Reichenbach, who landed in America in 1777-1783 2

Reichenbach Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Christian Reichenbach, aged 28, who arrived in Missouri in 1845 2
Ernest Reichenbach, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 2
Johann Reichenbach, who landed in Kentucky in 1881 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Reichenbach (post 1700) +

Mark A. Reichenbach, American Republican politician, Candidate for Michigan State House of Representatives 73rd District, 1980 3
Gustav Reichenbach, American politician, Candidate for Connecticut State House of Representatives from Vernon, 1902 3
Alfred L. Reichenbach, American politician, Mayor of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1916-19 3
Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1823-1889), German botanist
Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (1793-1879), German zoologist
Karl Reichenbach (1788-1869), German natural philosopher
Hans Reichenbach (1891-1953), German philosopher

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html