Släkthistoria för Kurucz
Kurucz Vad efternamn betyder
Hungarian: from kuruc (from German Kreuz ‘cross’) a term denoting the army in general or an individual soldier of the Hungarian anti-Habsburg resistance a Magyar freedom fighter. This was originally a derogative nickname given by the Austrians to the Hungarian soldiers of Imre Thököly at the end of the 17th century and the anti-Habsburg rebels of Ferenc Rákóczi at the beginning of the 18th century. This surname is also found in Slovakia and Czechia where it is more often spelled Kuruc. Compare Kurutz.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
