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breighner Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of German Brüchner, a topographic name from Middle High German bruoch ‘swamp’.

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

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

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Distribution of breighner Families in the US in 1920
Number of breighner families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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