Springborn (surname)

Springborn is a surname of North German origin.

Origin and Meaning

The name Springborn passes to the dwelling place of the first name of the carrier back, which is near a Springborn, that is, a source or a well lived ( mnd. sprinkling = 'source', mnd. = Born, well '). The name originated in the Low German language area, reflecting its current distribution in Germany. A derivation of the name from the village of Spring Born in East Prussia is unlikely because the last name even before 1945 and thus before the flight and expulsion of Germans east of the Oder and Neisse in either West or East Prussia, still represented outside of the Szczecin area in Eastern Pomerania, in a relevant number had. Rather go to both the East Prussian city and the last name back to the same meaning.

Dissemination

Germany

Springborn is measured at the German phone book December 31, 2002, as a mediocre frequency occurring surname in Germany (228 phonebook entries). Most bearers of the name of whom live in North Rhine -Westphalia, followed by Berlin and Brandenburg. Compared to the low population density, the proportion is especially high in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Looking at distribution maps the surname Springborn and selects the relative frequency, which involve the population density, it is striking that most of the bearers of the name spread in the district Uckermark in Brandenburg and in a slightly lower number in the surrounding neighboring districts: the former counties of Mecklenburg -Strelitz and Uecker -Randow in Mecklenburg- Vorpommern and the circles upper Havel, Barnim and Mark- Or land in Brandenburg. This accumulation may be a reference to the room of origin of the surname. However, the name does not have to go back to a single origin. Several families of the same name can be theoretically formed parallel to each other, the only meaning of the name in common.

USA

As part of the emigration of German families and individuals in the United States, the name Springborn has also spread there in certain states. There are V.A. States which are situated on the Great Lakes in the north of the USA. Most Spring Borns live in Wisconsin, followed by Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota and Ohio. In all other states, the number of registered carriers is very low.

Variants

  • Spring Horn ( DE)
  • Sprink Born ( DE)
  • Sprinckborn ( DE)
  • Explosive Born ( USA)
  • Springbohrn (USA)
  • Spring Borne (USA)
  • Springbourn (USA)
  • Spring Bourne ( USA)
  • Springburn (USA)

Well-known bearers of the name

  • Boris Springborn AM (born 1971 ), German mathematician, focusing on differential geometry
  • Hermann Springborn (1905-1964), German painter
  • Katinka Springborn (* 1971), German actress
  • Michael Springborn, American resource and environmental economics
  • Otto Springborn (1890-1944), German locksmith and resistance fighter against the Nazi regime
  • Radina Springborn, German painter
  • Rudolf Springborn (1867-1928), first pastor of the Szczecin Bugenhagen community
  • William J. Springborn (1866-1942), American local politician ( Republican) from Cleveland
  • Arnold Springborn, writer
Family name Heimatvertriebene Farther Pomerania Uckermark (district) Mecklenburg-Strelitz (district) Uecker-Randow Oberhavel
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