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The lechner Surname

lechner Name Meaning and History

  1. status name for a feudal tenant or vassal, Middle High German lehenære ‘feudal tenant’, ‘vassal’. Compare Lehmann.
  2. habitational name for someone from any of several places called Lehen, especially in Bavaria.

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Distribution of lechner Families in the US in 1920
Number of lechner families
 41-79
 14-40
 1-13
 0
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