Behrends: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

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What Behrends means

The name Behrends is closely linked to Behrens. The name is usually explained as “Son of Bernd (Bernhard)”.

Records show Behrends as one of the forms Behrens took over time. Local scribes, dialects and emigration all left their mark on how the name was written. The same family of names includes Behrendts, Behrend and Behrendsen. 1,870 Americans were listed as Behrends in the 2010 census.

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