Släkthistoria för Wanke
Wanke Vad efternamn betyder
German (of Slavic origin): from a Germanized pet form of an Old Slavic personal name Latinized as Wenceslaus (see Vaclav and Wenzlaff). German: variant of Wank 2 a habitational name from a place called Wank in Bavaria. Germanized form of Czech Vaněk (see Vanek) a cognate of 1 above. Germanized form of Sorbian Wank and its cognates Wanka and Wanko.
Källa: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
