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The roots of the German surname Miehlke can be traced to the northern region of Schleswig-Holstein. The name is derived from the personal name Miel, a diminutive of the name Aemilius, and means "son of Miel."
The surname Miehlke was first found in Rostock, where the name is believed to have first emerged. The earliest known instance of the name occurred in 1292, when Milike was a resident of Rostock. The Miehlke family was instrumental during the early Middle Ages as the history of Schleswig-Holstein unfolded.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Mielke, Milike, Miehlke, Mielck, Mileko and others.
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: August Mielke, who emigrated from Hamburg to Galveston, Texas in 1851; Johann F. Mielke, who came to Québec in 1861; Louise Mielke, who immigrated to Baltimore in 1867.