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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from Reecke, near Lübeck or Reken, Westphalia.
  • Dutch and Belgian (van den Reeck) : habitational name for someone from places called Reek or Overreke, in Liège, Ghent, and North Brabant. It may also denote someone from Recq in Hainault.

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