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bahr Name Meaning and History

North German: from Middle Low German bar(e) ‘bear’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble the animal, a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a performing bear, or a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of a bear. In some cases, it may derive from a personal name containing this element.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bahr family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bahr Families in the US in 1920
Number of bahr families
 55-108
 19-54		 1-18
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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