Mielke is a German surname.
Name Meaning: Eastern German (of Slavic origin): from a pet form of a Slavic compound personal name with the first element Milo-, from mil ‘favor’, ‘grace’. Dutch: from a pet form of Miele 3.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=mielke
Similar surnames: Miele, Bielke, Milko, Milke, Milk, Ziemke, Hilke, Zielke, Milkey
Notable people with the surname include:
Antonie Mielke (1856–1907), German operatic soprano Benjamin Mielke (born 1981), German bobsledder Erich Mielke (1907–2000), Head of the East German Stasi 1957–1989 Gary Mielke (born 1963), American baseball player Günter Mielke (1942–2010), West German long-distance runner Janet Soergel Mielke (born 1937), American politician Marcus Mielke (born 1975), German rower Rüdiger Mielke (born 1944), German footballer
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