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Hafkenscheid is a family name that originated in the 17th century. Hafkenscheid comes from the words Hafke (Habicht goshawk) and Scheid (Flurgrenze borderline between estates). The family has taken its name from the former Havkenscheid castle in the hamlet of the same name near Bochum Westphalia. In 1340 vassal of this castle is Deitrich von Havekenscede ancestor of a family that has held it in fee until the seventeenth century.