Given names often turned into family names when people were identified by their father's name. For example, the first name Ahrend developed into the family name Ahrends by adding a genitive s-ending, as in Ahrend's son. Examples: Ahrends, Burkhard, Wulff, Friedrich, Benz.
OK the definition you have used for crouching associates it with stooping (which on Wikipedia redirects to bowing. Squatting essentially involves bending at the knees and hips. If there is any bending at the waist (and maybe lowering of the head) then that is considered stooping.
Definition of squat. squat. noun. a residence where a person lives unlawfully: without paying and without obtaining permission. See more words with the same meaning: British, UK slang (list of). Last edited on Mar 03 2013.