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kohler Name Meaning and History

German: occupational name for a charcoal burner, from Middle High German kol ‘(char)coal’ + the agent suffix -er. The form Kohler is South German; elsewhere it is usually written Köhler.

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

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

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Distribution of kohler Families in the US in 1920
Number of kohler families
 274-546
 92-273		 1-91
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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