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The keller Surname

keller Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from Middle High German kellaere ‘cellarman’, ‘cellar master’ (Latin cellarius, denoting the keeper of the cella ‘store chamber’, ‘pantry’). Hence an occupational name for the overseer of the stores, accounts, or household in general in, for example, a monastery or castle. Kellers were important as trusted stewards in a great household, and in some cases were promoted to ministerial rank. The surname is widespread throughout central Europe.
  2. English: either an occupational name for a maker of caps or cauls, from Middle English kellere, or an occupational name for an executioner, from Old English cwellere.
  3. Irish: reduced form of Kelleher.
  4. Scottish: variant of Keillor.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of keller Families in the US in 1920
Number of keller families
 1042-2082
 348-1041		 1-347
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