AVERBUCH Origin of surname
AVERBUCH
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
Averbuch could come from the villages of Auerbach in Hesse or Auerpach in the Oberpfalz (Germany). Jewish family names derived from these villages developed into Russian forms comprising Awerbach, Awerbuch and Averbakh, Polish variants like Orbach and Urbach, and were sometimes abbreviated to Auer and Oer. Auerbach is documented as a Jewish family name in 1497 with Mose Auerbach, a Court Jew of the Bishop of Regensburg. The family name is mentioned again in 1606 in Vienna (Austria) and in 1616 in Prague (Bohemia). In the 20th century, Averbuch is recorded as a Jewish family name with Jose, Rosa, Natan and Luiza Averbuch of Quatro Irmaos, Brazil, and the Russian-born Colombian merchant and community leader Jacobo Averbuch.
Surnames derive from one of many different origins. Sometimes there may be more than one explanation for the same name. This family name is a toponymic (derived from a geographic name of a town, city, region or country). Surnames that are based on place names do not always testify to direct origin from that place, but may indicate an indirect relation between the name-bearer or his ancestors and the place, such as birth place, temporary residence, trade, or family-relatives.
Averbuch could come from the villages of Auerbach in Hesse or Auerpach in the Oberpfalz (Germany). Jewish family names derived from these villages developed into Russian forms comprising Awerbach, Awerbuch and Averbakh, Polish variants like Orbach and Urbach, and were sometimes abbreviated to Auer and Oer. Auerbach is documented as a Jewish family name in 1497 with Mose Auerbach, a Court Jew of the Bishop of Regensburg. The family name is mentioned again in 1606 in Vienna (Austria) and in 1616 in Prague (Bohemia). In the 20th century, Averbuch is recorded as a Jewish family name with Jose, Rosa, Natan and Luiza Averbuch of Quatro Irmaos, Brazil, and the Russian-born Colombian merchant and community leader Jacobo Averbuch.