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The kliewer Surname

kliewer Name Meaning and History

  1. from the Dutch family name Kluiver, Kluyver, Cluyver, occupational name for a court official, originally a hangman or torturer. Some Mennonites so named migrated to West Prussia in the 17th century.
  2. North German: topographic name from cleve ‘swamp’. Compare Klever 1.

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

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

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Distribution of kliewer Families in the US in 1920
Number of kliewer families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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