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geiger Name Meaning and History

South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a violin player or maker, Middle High German giger (an agent derivative of gige ‘violin’), German Geiger.

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

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

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Distribution of geiger Families in the US in 1920
Number of geiger families
 275-547
 92-274		 1-91
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 586 - Messages: 1487
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herman Joseph Geiger Lorri 3
Frederick Geiger (Phila) MeganWreath 0
Geiger Family of Mckeesport, PA Jean Ann 2
Franz X Geiger -Anna Mary Schreck DOthell 1
Looking for descendants of Geiger Julie Geiger 19
Looking for Anne Geiger sylviawooten 4
the Martin and Geiger connection rimbarunner 0
Mathias Geiger martylfelts 0
Leopold Geiger - Bronx Music Conservatory lvninjas 0
Geiger Ohio anguscrowder 0
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