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kelker Name Meaning and History

German: occupational name for a painter (someone who applied lime wash), from an agent derivative of Middle High German kelken ‘to whitewash’, ‘to lime’ or for a lime burner (see Kalkbrenner).

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Distribution of kelker Families in the US in 1920
Number of kelker families
 7-12
 3-6
 1-2
 0
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