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Zenner Name Meaning and History

South German: unflattering nickname for a surly, snarling person, from an agent derivative of Middle High German zannen ‘to growl or howl’ or ‘to bare one’s teeth’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of Zenner Families in the US in 1920
Number of Zenner families
 22-42
 8-21
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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