The kammeyer Surname

kammeyer Name Meaning and History

German: distinguishing name denoting a tenant farmer whose farm was on a mountain crest, from Middle High German kamb(e), kam(me) ‘comb’, by extension ‘crest of a mountain range’ + meier ‘tenant farmer’ (see Meyer).

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The kammeyer name in History

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kammeyer Family Facts

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Distribution of kammeyer Families in the US in 1920

Number of kammeyer families

9-16

4-8

1-3

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re: Kammeyer Family in Fort Wayne	Karen Burnside-Strack	5
Kammeyer in Nebraska and Montana	kellarlln	1
Elizabeth Kammeyer Fort Wayne, Indiana	DoxieSheckels_Cruz	1
FAMILY	KRISTINE	15
kammeyer family of fort wayne ind.	lee kammeyer	1
Conrad KAMMIRE, 24, WM soldier, 1870 Columbia SC Census, born in Germany	PKasameyer	1
Kelm	L Kammeyer	0

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