Vorpahl

Vorpahl (from vor "before", "in front of" plus Pfahl "pole", "pale") is a Low German dwelling/habitational surname for a person who lived at a boundary marker (Grenzpfahl: "boundary post"). Notable people with the name include:
 * Chris Vorpahl (born 1990), retired Chilean female volleyball player
 * Kurt Vorpahl (1905–1944), German communist resistance fighter against Nazism
 * Mildred Vorpahl Baass (1917–2012), American poet
 * Nicole Vorpahl (born 1994), Chilean volleyball player