It wasn’t on the name alone. As another pointed out his name is a German noble name. A quick Google search revealed that he went to private school, had a C64 as

It wasn’t on the name alone. As another pointed out his name is a German noble name. A quick Google search revealed that he went to private school, had a C64 as a child, and his parents owned a candy factory. Not what I would call a standard middle class background.