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Pfahl

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Pfahl is a German language metonymic occupational surname[1] for someone who made posts and stakes or erected them. Notable people with the name include:

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  1. ^ "Pfahl Name Meaning". ancestry.com. Retrieved 2022-03-01. German: from Middle High German pfal 'post', 'stake', hence a nickname for a tall thin person, a topographic name for someone who lived by a palissade, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who made posts and stakes or erected them.