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groening Name Meaning and History

North German: from Middle Low German grönink ‘yellowhammer’ (a species of bunting), a metonymic occupational name for a bird catcher, or perhaps a nickname.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of groening Families in the US in 1920
Number of groening families
 4-6
 2-3
 1
 0
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