The kamm Surname

kamm Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German kamb(e), kam(me), German Kamm, Yiddish kam ‘comb’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a comb maker or more probably a wool comber or fuller. Kamm is also used to mean the crest of a mountain range, but it seems unlikely that the name is topographic.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of kamm Families in the US in 1920

Number of kamm families

15-28

6-14

1-5

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Thread	Author	Replies
Charles Adam Kamm	Beth Kamm	2
Looking for information about the Kamm House & Brewery	Holli	2
KAMM in Highland Illinois	JanFrey75	5
Henry John Kamm 1879 - 1946	bah1964	0
Another William Kamm	SNOWSTERWAHL	2
Unk KAMM b. 1821 Switz. m. Magdelina b.1830 Switz. > Mary, Barbara, Fred, Margaret, Madeline, Elsie, Cora, Martin, Lawrence.....	scritters	0
JACOB KAMM & EMMA BLUMER of SWITZERLAND	Kathryn Mereness	2
Antonia/Anna Maria Kamm, b.1821, wife of Franz Joseph Kamm, of St.Joseph Co., IN	margerice1	0
Kamm	WGF	0
Looking for info. on Eric Oscar Kamm who married Zillah Oliver in British Columbia	Michelle_Walczak	0

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