The keiner Surname

keiner Name Meaning and History

German: from a reduced form of the personal name Kagenher, from Old High German gagan ‘against’ + heri ‘army’.

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

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The keiner name in History

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

keiner 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 keiner Families in the US in 1920

Number of keiner families

14-26

5-13

1-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
KINNER/KENNER/KEINER. 1833 Germany	pattern241972	2
Keiner: Daubhausen GER > MD	dlechRMB	1
Keiner lineage still exists	rickkeinermuledriver	0
Heinrich / Henry Keiner	diximae50	0
Keiner postcard, New York, 1904	steve	1
Keiner: Ger > WI > SD > IA	tmschroeder	1
Dennis C Keiner obituary	puppup	0
Keiner,Barton	Dorothy Barton Lewis	0
Meda Keiner	thorn28	0
Keiner Family	Alicia Schmidt	14

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