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hamre Name Meaning and History

Norwegian: habitational name from numerous farmsteads, notably in western Norway, named Hamre, from the dative case of Old Norse hamarr ‘cliff’, ‘rock’. See Hamar.

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

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

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Distribution of hamre Families in the US in 1920
Number of hamre families
 13-24
 5-12		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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