Släkthistoria för Tanke
Tanke Vad efternamn betyder
Dutch and North German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic compound name with the first element thank ‘thought’. Compare Tank. German: nickname from dialect tanke ‘left’ probably denoting a left-handed person. This is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar).
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
