The karr Surname

karr Name Meaning and History

German: shortened form of Karren or Karrer.

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

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The karr name in History

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

karr Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of karr Families in the US in 1920

Number of karr families

64-126

22-63

1-21

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Thread	Author	Replies
Samuel Karr 1779 Orange Co., NY	joankwg1940	2
Thelma KARR / KERR m. Robert Franklin CORBIN	Diana_Gale_Matthiesen	0
John B. Karr	KarenRogers76	0
Correction	BCordial	5
My long and lonely brickwall	dkarrjr	1
Brickwall	blakerelle	0
Juul James (Carrey) Karr 1 Apr 1913 Thief River Falls, Pennington Co, MN	russjuhl	0
karr's of missouri	soccermama13	9
Sam George Karr	jigsawkarr	6
JAMES LAFAYETTE CARR/KARR	ckarrchebat	3

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