What nationality is the surname "House"?

Question

This person was from Germany and his ancestors lived there for many generations, so it is NOT English or Scottish.

Answer 1

most probable German or Jewish. German Haus (house) is used as surname also among Jews (many Jewish surnames are of German origin).

Answer 2

i wasn't asking for a rude remark like that, and as of growing up! i did when i was 17 years old, i am a very good mother and my daughter have a stable home,with a wonder full father, u shouldn't judge till u know some facts, i think Ur a very rude person who is very sad with Ur life so u have to put everyone else down

Answer 3

Surname: House

Recorded as House, Howse, Hoose, Housaman, and Houseman (English and Scottish) and as Housse, Dehouse, Houssier, Houssay, Housseman, Houzelle, Housiaux, and Houssiaux, this unusual and interesting name is residential or perhaps occupational. It described a person who was employed at, or who had some connection with, the largest and most important building in the settlement, or who lived by such a place. This may have been the great house of a nobleman or the landowner, or a religious house, a monastery or convent. Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the namebearer, and only later became hereditary when a son followed a father into the same occupation. In some cases the name may have referred to a "householder", someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant. In the Middle Ages most of the population lived in huts or cottages rather than houses. The derivation is from the Olde English pre 7th century word "hus", meaning house. Early examples of recordings include John Houseman of Colchester in Essex in the year 1365, whilst later recordings include the marriage of Amie House and Phillip Foster on November 19th 1594, at St. Benet Fink, in the city of London, and in France where for various reasons most recordings are much later, that of Yvonne Houssay at Phelan le Grand, Ille-et-Villaine, on March 1st 1667, and that of Jean Francois Housiaux, at Brognon, in the Ardenne, on August 31st 1797, at the begining of the Napoleonic Wars. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Simon Hus. This was dated 1226, in the Eynsham Cartualry of Oxfordshire, during the reign of King Henry 111rd, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272.

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Last name origins & meanings:

English (southwestern): from Middle English hous ‘house’ (Old English hūs). In the Middle Ages the majority of the population lived in cottages or huts rather than houses, and in most cases this name probably indicates someone who had some connection with the largest and most important building in a settlement, either a religious house or simply the local manor house. In some cases it may be a status name for a householder, someone who owned his own dwelling as opposed to being a tenant, but more often it is an occupational name for a servant who worked in such a house, in particular a steward who managed one.

English: respelling of Howes.

Translation of German Haus.

This is the etymology (origin and meaning) of the word house, it is not a word that exists in the German language, in German it is haus, with no 'e' !

( http://www.etymonline.com/index.php? )

Old English, : hus "dwelling, shelter, house," from P.Gmc. *khusan (cf. Old Norse. O.Frisian, hus : Dutch, huis : German : Haus), of unknown origin, perhaps connected to the root of hide (v.). In Goth. only in gudhus "temple," lit. "god-house :" the usual word for "house" in Goth. being razn. Meaning "family, including ancestors and descendants, especially if noble" is from c.1000.

The spelling H-O-U-S-E is English in origin.

The spelling H-A-U-S is German in origin.

The spelling H-A-U-S-E is ? in origin.Not German ? maybe a variant.

Answer 4

umm... british?