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The loeb Surname

loeb Name Meaning and History

  1. German (Löb) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong man, from Middle High German lebe, lewe ‘lion’, or a habitational name for someone living at a house distinguished by the sign of a lion.
  2. Jewish (western Ashkenazic): variant of Leib.

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Distribution of loeb Families in the US in 1920
Number of loeb families
 93-183
 32-92
 1-31
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