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kramer Name Meaning and History

German (also Krämer), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a shopkeeper, peddler, or hawker, from an agent derivative of Middle High German, Middle Low German kram ‘trading post’, ‘tent’, ‘booth’. This name is widespread throughout central and eastern Europe.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the kramer family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of kramer Families in the US in 1920
Number of kramer families
 679-1356
 227-678		 1-226
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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