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The eber Surname

eber Name Meaning and History

  1. South German: from a short form of any of the various Germanic compound personal names formed with eber ‘boar’.
  2. South German: from Middle High German eber ‘boar’, applied as nickname for a man of strength or as a habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of boar.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Eber ‘boar’ (see 1), most likely a name assigned by Christian government officials.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of eber Families in the US in 1920
Number of eber families
 14-26
 5-13
 1-4
 0
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