Riddle me this, my real last name is typically English, it has been our last name since the English started using last names, we have traced it back to 1189. We lived in the same village in England for time out of mind, until we emigrated to the colonies. The name has gone through all the permutations of spelling and still has the same meaning and is recognisable.
A friend of mine is Prussian he has the same last name, spelled the same and has the same meaning. His family has lived in Brandenberg for time out of mind until they came to the States after the First World War. he is an Assyrian and I am an Israeli, get real.
I see. And how does that make you feel?
So you deny that there were waves of people moving across Europe just after the captivities? In order for the Israelites to get to Northwestern Europe they had to go acroos Eastern Europe. The Israelites mostly went west, the Assyrians stayed in Germany. Brandenburg is probably an Israelite name, by the way, of the tribe of Dan. They liked to put their name in the locations and rivers etc. Grab an atlas of Europe and you'll see DN from the Caucusus to Denmark. Snaking right through Europe like an adder along the way. Dan's name was DN in Hebrew.
Gen 49:17 Dan shall be a serpent by the way, an adder in the path, that biteth the horse heels, so that his rider shall fall backward.