If someone has Von in their name does it count as their last name or is it a middle name?

Question

If someone has Von in their name does it count as their last name or is it a middle name?

Answer 1

I think its considered part of the last name, like Mc or Mac in Scottish or Irish names.

Answer 2

"Von" means "from"  or "of" in German, to indicate birthplace or origin.  So John Von Neuberg originally meant John from Neuberg. Nowdays, it's part of the last name.

Answer 3

It counts as part of their last name.  (It means "from" in German.  Otto von Bismark = Otto from Bismark.)

Answer 4

last name

Answer 5

I think that's part of their last name. "Vaughn" might be a middle name though..depends on the person and the name.

Answer 6

It is like the Van in dutch names it means "from" or the "De" in french names which means of,the De prefix though denotes nobility.

Answer 7

Von is German, and means "from"--it is part of the last name, as, for example, Von Goethe--meaning from "Goethe"   :))

Answer 8

It's part of their last name.

Answer 9

It's part of their last name and refers to "son of" just as Mac... in Scotland, Van in Netherlands, etc.