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The bruder Surname

bruder Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Swiss German: from a byname meaning ‘brother’, occasionally used for a younger son, i.e. the brother of someone important, or for a guild member.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): possibly derived from German Bruder ‘brother’ or Yiddish bruder; the reason for its adoption as a surname is not clear.

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

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Distribution of bruder Families in the US in 1920
Number of bruder families
 36-69
 13-35		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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