For Hofknecht there are 4 on Yasni with different names.
Among the most common last names on Yasni Hofknecht is on position 4523.
The family "courts men" was in the area northeast of Upper Franconia and is a professional name-leads). While the family name in the early Middle Ages gave birth there in the room of origin many small court households (castles, etc. - not farms. Armed agents in this royal household were the "knehte" (cf. English. "Knights"). But had little status as the Knights (= mounted gunmen, aristocrats). Serfs staff at courts were the "man" (hence there is a very large number of "courtier ... but very few" courts men. "The" servant "in the modern sense of a dependent worker was in the time of surname formation" mischievously called "(Gottschalk = God's servant; Marschall (k) = groom, etc.)
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