Oelfke

The clan's farmyard of the Oelfkes in Oerbke

 Oelfke  is a German surname and a Plattdüütsch (Low German) first name for boys.

Origin and meaning

The name Oelfke, name of farmers from the "Hohe Heidmark" of the administrative district Heidekreis in Lower-Saxony, Germany traces back to Ol, Oel=Adel (nobility), Od=Besitz (property), like Oleff, Oloff, Odulleib, that's the one who has the life in sense of "being inheritor", simply expressed that's the one who owns the inheritance of farmer.[1] The farm's name "Oelfkenhof" in Oerbke is already traced to the "Celler Schatzregister" of 1438.[2]

A descendant of the Oelfke family immigrated to the area of Hamburg, Minnesota where thousands of his descendants now live.

Possible alternatives are Oelfken, Oelke, Oelkers.

May refer to

Oelfke

Oelfken

Oelke

Oelkers

Sources

  1. Stuhlmacher, Hans: Die Heidmark. Louis Scheling, Walsrode 1939. Seite 354 (german)
  2. Celler Schatzregister 1438 (german)
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