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Early Origins of the Rehbein family

The surname Rehbein was first found in Prussia and Denmark, where the name emerged in medieval times as one of the notable families of the region. From the 13th century the surname was identified with the great social and economic evolution which made this territory a landmark contributor to the development of the nation. Bad Rehburg is a village in the borough of Rehburg-Loccum in Lower Saxony and is a former spa resort in the Rehburg Hills range. Rehburg-Loccum is a town in the district of Nienburg of Lower Saxony.

Early History of the Rehbein family

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Rehbein Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Reberg, Reburg, Rhberg, Rehburg, Reiberg, Reiburg, Rechberg, Rechburg, Rechburger and many more.

Early Notables of the Rehbein family

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Migration of the Rehbein family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Reberg, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1753; Sophia Reberg, age 6, and Gerhard Reberg, age 2, who arrived at Baltimore in 1832; Valentine, Reberger Jr., who arrived in Baltimore in 1848.


Contemporary Notables of the name Rehbein (post 1700) +

  • Dick Rehbein (1955-2001), American NFL football coach
  • Robert Rehbein, American politician, Representative from Missouri 1st District, 2004 1
  • Dirk Rehbein (b. 1967), former German footballer
  • Michael Rehbein (b. 1960), German modern pentathlete at the 1984 Summer Olympics
  • Herbert "Herb" Rehbein (1922-1979), German songwriter, composer and arranger of light orchestral music, posthumously inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1993


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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