Dutch: from Middle Dutch huve, a measure of land area
(compare German Huber) + -er, suffix of agent nouns; a
status name for a landowner or a prosperous small farmer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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