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keyser Name Meaning and History

Dutch: from keyser ‘emperor’, modern Dutch keizer (from Latin Caesar). Keyser is a 17th-century spelling. Compare German Kaiser. In addition to the meanings of the German name (nickname, house name, etc.), this was also a status name for the head of a society of marksmen.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The keyser name in History

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

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Distribution of keyser Families in the US in 1920
Number of keyser families
 142-282
 48-141		 1-47
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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