The gegner Surname

gegner Name Meaning and History

German: topographic name for someone who lived ‘across the way’, but also a nickname for a hostile person, from Middle Low German gegenere ‘enemy’.

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The gegner name in History

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

gegner Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of gegner Families in the US in 1920

Number of gegner families

9-16

4-8

1-3

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Gegner of Germany Iowa	jobethfjell	9
Georg Gegner & Katharina Jung, Cservenka	DDGUT466	0
Gegner's from Liebling Austra-Hungary	BSolooki	2
Fred Gegner, Oskaloosa, IA WWI	IrishStock	2
Gegner family from Ohio Ky	Sandy Wilson	20
Gegners of Oskaloosa Iowa	heidithompson33	0
Gegners-Duveneck connection	Sandy	1
Herbert M. Burlew	Carolyn	0
Lillian Gegner	Carolyn	0
Johann Daniel Gegner Baltimore, Md.	r_hromada	0

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