Is trenker a jewish surname?

Question

does anyone know anything about this surname? :)

Answer 1

It could be the surname of someone of the Jewish,Christian or Islam faiths. A religious surname would lead to stereotyping and some surnames already tend to get people labeled.

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Answer 2

trenker is probably somewhat deformed "trinker" = drinker; agerman name that is found among eutopean jews.

Answer 3

Only 2 in the Israeli phone book and I'm not sure of the Hebrew spelling

On the Yad Vashem site found these

http://www.yadvashem.org/wps/portal/!ut/...