Funke

For other uses, see Funke (disambiguation).

Funke is a family name of German origin. Funke means "spark" and refers to the work of a smith.^[1] People with this surname include:

Arno Funke (b. 1950), German author and former extortionist
Cornelia Funke (b. 1958), German author of children's books
Jaromír Funke (1896 - 1945), Czech photographer
Michael Funke (b. 1969), German racing driver

References

↑ Nederlandse Familienamenbank

Surnames associated with the occupation of smith

Armenian	Darbinyan

Celtic	Cowell Goff Gow Gowan Mac a' Ghobhainn MacGavin / McGavin MacGowan / McGowan

Germanic	De Smet Schmid Schmidt Schmied Schmitt Schmitz Smeets Smet Smets Smit Smith Smithe Smither Smithers Smithies Smithson Smits Smyth Smythe

Indic	Lohar

Kartvelian	Mchedlidze Mchedlishvili

Romance	Fabbri Faber Fabre Fabri Faure Favre Feaver Ferrara Ferrari Ferraris Ferraro Ferrara Ferré Ferreira Ferrer Ferrero Ferreiro Ferretti Ferrier Fieraru Fierarul Herrera Herrero Lefébure Lefebvre Lefèvre

Semitic	Haddad Hadodo Al-Haddad El-Haddad

Slavic	Covaci Kovač Kovačev Kovačević Kovachev Kovačić Kovács Koval Kovalchuk (Kowalczuk) Kovalenko Kovalevich Kovalevsky Kovalic Kovals Kovalyov Kovář Kovařík Kowal, Kowalik, Kowalczyk, Kowalski, Kowalewski Kuznets Kuznetsov

Turkic	Demirci Demircioğlu

Uralic	Sepp Seppä Seppänen Seppälä

From "spark" rel. to occ. 'smith'	Funke Vonck Vonk

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Funke

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