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The archer Surname

archer Name Meaning and History

English: from Old French arch(i)er, Middle English archere, hence an occupational name for an archer. This Norman French word partially replaced the native English word bowman in the 14th century. In North America this surname may have absorbed some cases of European cognates such as French Archier.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The archer name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the archer family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of archer Families in the US in 1920
Number of archer families
 245-488
 82-244		 1-81
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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