Scholte Family Crest & Name History

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Family name meaning

Behind the Scholte surname stands Schulte, a German name that clerks and families wrote in more than one way. Read literally, Scholte points to “Village headman”.

Scholte and Schulte

Scholte writes “o” in place of the “u” found in Schulte, a common scribal difference. The same family of names includes Schulze and Schultheiss.

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