Hefler

The Hefler Family represented here by the Honorable Warren Hefler, Coucilman of Wallace, North Carolina. Nestled between the Rhine and Wesser rivers is the ancient German region of Westphalia. Westphalia, the home of the name Hefler. When coupled with the German preposition von, which means from or of, local names can indicate that the initial bearer of the name was an aristocrat. However, in modern times, the preposition is frequently dropped from surnames of this type. The Hefler family originally lived on a farmstead. The name Hefler is derived from the Old German and German word hof, which means settlement, farm or court.