The elpers Surname

elpers Name Meaning and History

Dutch: probably, Debrabandere suggests, a variant of Elbers, a patronymic from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ali ‘other’, ‘foreign’ + berht ‘bright’, ‘shining’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The elpers name in History

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elpers Family Facts

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Distribution of elpers Families in the US in 1920

Number of elpers families

13-23

5-12

1-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
Anna M. Elpers	billbork2000	0
Pasted away	Eileen Virginia Elpers	32
ELPERS - Logansport IN ,Cass County	Joe Bott	0
Elpers or ELPERT from Legden Germany	JayinSanDiego	0
Frank Herman Elpers	cajunkaiser	1
contact	Jimmie Lee Elpers Sr.	0
Mail from Germany	Anne Elpers	0

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