Americanized form of Scandinavian Nymark, a common habitational name from farms named with ny ‘new’ + mark ‘field’, or of German and Ashkenazic Jewish Neumark, a habitational name from any of several places so named in all eastern German provinces and in Bavaria and Bohemia. The German surname may also derive from Neumark, a region in Brandenburg.
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Anonymous2009-09-08 2:29
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Americanized form of Scandinavian Nymark, a common habitational name from farms named with ny ‘new’ + mark ‘field’, or of German and Ashkenazic Jewish Neumark, a habitational name from any of several places so named in all eastern German provinces and in Bavaria and Bohemia. The German surname may also derive from Neumark, a region in Brandenburg.
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Anonymous2009-09-08 2:37
Newmark is a name that first reached England following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Newmark family lived in Breckonshire, Wales. Their name, however, is a reference to Neuf-Marche near Neufchatel, Normandy the family's place of residence prior to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.