Ruckdeschel
Surname list
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Ruckdeschel is a surname of German origin.[1][2][3][4] Its literal meaning is backpack or rucksack (compositum of Middle High German Rucke for back (cf. German Rücken) and the diminutive of the German word Tasche (Täschel/Däschel/Teschel/Deschel) for bag) and it was used in its area of origin – which closely corresponds to the contemporary Bavarian administrative region of Upper Franconia[1] – to describe a journeyman. Outside of Germany the surname is most often found among German Americans in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States.[4]
Notable people with the surname
- Carol Ruckdeschel (born 1941), American biologist, naturalist and environmental activist
- John Ruckdeschel (born 1946), American oncologist
- Ludwig Ruckdeschel (1907–1986), German politician
