upper-class German family names

[kindkit]

Once again I turn to the German-speaking folks in my circle for help. I need a family name for a character who doesn't have one canonically. He's a career German army officer, probably born about 1890, who is a colonel (Oberst) when we meet him in 1940. My guess is that his family background is upper class but probably not aristocratic. Any suggestions for good names?

I've googled for German surnames but I'm not pulling up enough information to judge social connotations, though I'm assuming that names with occupational associations are ones to avoid.

Comments

[shadowvalkyrie]

A South German name would make him more likely to be Catholic, right?

Yep. Many Southern names also have more rural connotations than a Middle or Northern German one would. :)