Joachim History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Joachim family
The surname Joachim was first found in Kent where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 14th century when Roger Yoke held estates in that county in 1317.
Early History of the Joachim family
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Joachim Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Yoke, Yokes, Joke, Jokes, Joach, Yoak, Yoach and many more.
Early Notables of the Joachim family
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Joachim Ranking
In the United States, the name Joachim is the 16,129th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Joachim is ranked the 3,967th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2
Joachim migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Joachim Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
- Fried Joachim, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1764 3
- Friedrich Joachim, who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1764 3
- Erhard Joachim, who arrived in America in 1778 3
Joachim Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- John Joachim, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1840 3
- Maria Joachim, aged 4, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876 3
- Wilhelmina Joachim, aged 23, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876 3
- Adam Joachim, aged 27, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876 3
- Christian Joachim, aged 2, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1876 3
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Contemporary Notables of the name Joachim (post 1700) +
- Benoît Joachim (b. 1976), American professional cyclist
- Irene Joachim (1913-2001), Classical musician (French-born), grand-daughter of Joseph Joachim
- Joseph Joachim (1831-1907), Hungarian violinist
- Hans Joachim Meyer (1936-2024), German politician who served in the de Maizière cabinet as the last East German Minister for Education and the Arts
- Johannes Joachim Degenhardt (1926-2002), German Roman Catholic Archbishop of Paderborn (Germany) from 1974 until his death in 2002
- Bernd Joachim Uhl (1946-2023), German Roman Catholic prelate, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Freiburg im Breisgau (2001-2018)
- Baron Carl Joachim Hambro (1807-1877), Danish banker, founder of Hambros Bank, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment banks
- Kurt Joachim Sommerfeld, German engineer who developed Sommerfeld Tracking, a lightweight wire mesh type of prefabricated airfield surface used by the American and British forces during World War II
- Vital Joachim Chamorin, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4
- Hans Joachim Alpers (1943-2011), German writer and editor of science fiction and fantasy, co-founder of the role-playing game The Dark Eye
Citations +
- "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
- 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)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 12) Vital Chamorin. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html