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The kirchner Surname

kirchner Name Meaning and History

  1. German: from Middle High German kirchenaere ‘sexton’, hence an occupational name for a priest, an assistant at a church, or the administrator of church property and possessions.
  2. German and Czech: habitational name for someone from a place called Kirchen.

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

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Distribution of kirchner Families in the US in 1920
Number of kirchner families
 90-178
 31-89		 1-30
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Kirchner WGF 3
finding Kirchners Charles F. Kirchner 13
FRED KIRCHNER born Jul 1879 in Renslage Germany Nadine_Kirchner 0
Kirchner BarbaraJHunt 2
Looking for ancestors gustlevanwyk 0
William H. Kirchner, 96, KENNELLYMARKA 1
Kirchner in Limerick Phil Goater 1
Kirchners of Dayton, Montomery Co, OH TinaSCloud62 0
Kirchners of Dayton, Montomery Co, OH TinaSCloud62 0
Kirchner's in Louisville, Ky from Bavaria, Germany Judy Lee Kirchner 7
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