The lair Surname

lair Name Meaning and History

Possibly an Americanized spelling of German Lehr or Löhr (see Loehr).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The lair name in History

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

lair Family Facts

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Distribution of lair Families in the US in 1920

Number of lair families

28-54

10-27

1-9

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Lair/Custer /Hutchison	janczu	3
Lair's in Illinois	SallysDen44	5
Lair geneology	veldakirby56	1
David Burkell Lair	JSladek9734	2
Andrew Lair of Lincoln Co, KY	Debra	6
Lair family	Jean	1
Lair family	Shelley Lair Pettit	6
Matthias Lair/Lehrer Descendant Sought for DNA Project	strong0966	2
Mary Ellen	I_Gallion	2
LAIR in 1850 Wayne, Wayne County, Ohio	sutana1865	0

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