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The besser Surname

besser Name Meaning and History

  1. occupational name for a collector of fines, from Middle High German bezzerære, an agent derivative of bezzern ‘to collect fines’.
  2. habitational name from any of various places in Germany named Besser, Bessing, or Bessingen.

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Distribution of besser Families in the US in 1920
Number of besser families
 29-55
 10-28
 1-9
 0
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