Why do Europeans call Americans Yankees, and why do New Yorkers get called Yankees? (There are no Yankees in the south or west, are there? .....unless they have been transplanted....)
Before the English established New York, it was Niew-Amsterdam, capital of the Dutch New Netherland Colony on the southern tip of Manhattan island. There were more than just a few Jancke families settled there. Considering that the J is pronounced like a Y in Dutch, you've got quite a few Yancke's living in Niew-Amsterdam.
Wow, that's a long time for a regional nick-name to endure.
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