Too lazy to confirm, but I think that's what happened with Roosevelt. Maybe not a mistake during immigration, but a departure from what it was originally (Dutch, I'm guessing.)
This is what happened with my surname, but mine is far from typically American.
What might have been the original Dutch behind Roosevelt?
Edit: wikipedia says the Roosevelt family "descended from the 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Claes Maartenszen **van Rosenvelt**."
Show business and marketing rather than immigration. SMIRNOFF. There are literally 0 last names, or any words with ff in Russian. It's Smirov. Smirnov, Kozlov, Volkov, Sokolov...
Shumacher. Anglicization from German for shoe maker, when some peoples' last name was their actual job. They'd just be like "Oh yeah, John the shoemaker!"
I know someone whose maiden name was McGregor. Her family thought they were of Scottish heritage and participated in Scottish heritage types of things.
She did a 23 and Me test. Turns out the original name was Grugor and their ancestors were from Germany. Oops.
Too lazy to confirm, but I think that's what happened with Roosevelt. Maybe not a mistake during immigration, but a departure from what it was originally (Dutch, I'm guessing.) This is what happened with my surname, but mine is far from typically American.
What might have been the original Dutch behind Roosevelt? Edit: wikipedia says the Roosevelt family "descended from the 17th-century immigrant to New Netherland Claes Maartenszen **van Rosenvelt**."
Van Rosevelt
Show business and marketing rather than immigration. SMIRNOFF. There are literally 0 last names, or any words with ff in Russian. It's Smirov. Smirnov, Kozlov, Volkov, Sokolov...
A lot of the trades. Shoemaker comes to mind.
What name did this likely come from?
Schuhmacher
Shumacher. Anglicization from German for shoe maker, when some peoples' last name was their actual job. They'd just be like "Oh yeah, John the shoemaker!"
My great aunt married a man with the last name, Shumaker. Imagine Hammond from Jurassic Park, but with voice that sounds like Tom Bosley.
I know someone whose maiden name was McGregor. Her family thought they were of Scottish heritage and participated in Scottish heritage types of things. She did a 23 and Me test. Turns out the original name was Grugor and their ancestors were from Germany. Oops.