Flack Family History
Flack Name Meaning
English: from Middle English flak ‘sod turf block of peat’ (as found in the placename Flatmoor in Cambridgeshire recorded as Flackemore in 1221 ) and hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a turf cutter. Compare Flagg English: variant of Fleck . German: variant of Flak . German: dialect form of Fleck . This is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola Slovenia (see Kocevar ).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022