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kryger Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and Danish: occupational name for a soldier, from Middle Dutch criger, German Krieger ‘warrior’.
  2. Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): Polish spelling of German Krieger ‘soldier’.
  3. Polish and Jewish (Ashkenazic): Polish spelling of German Krueger ‘innkeeper’.

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Distribution of kryger Families in the US in 1920
Number of kryger families
 9-16
 4-8
 1-3
 0
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