The Daily Bonnet doesn’t want to leave anyone out. After compiling a list of the most common Russian Mennonite surnames , there were numerous requests to make a Swiss Mennonite list. The problem was I didn’t have access to a Lancaster phone book. However, what I did have was the Mennonite Church USA directory of ministers. So, I went through the entire directory and tallied up the surnames. Here you go: the top 50 most common Swiss Mennonite surnames! Did your name make the top 50?

Rank. Surname – Number of entries in directory

Miller – 67

Yoder – 62

Weaver/Weber – 45

Horst/Hurst – 28

Kauffman(n) – 25

Hostett(l)er/Hochstetter – 24

Good – 21

Shenk – 21

Brubach(k)er – 19

Landes/Landis – 17

Zehr – 17

Gerber/Garber – 16

Roth – 16

Ma(u)st – 15

Lehman – 14

Wenger – 14

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