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mortier Name Meaning and History

  1. from Old French mortier ‘mortar’, perhaps an occupational name for an alchemist or spicer, or perhaps derived from a house sign.
  2. habitational name from various places in France and Belgium, called Mortiers, for example, in Aisne and Charente-Maritime in France, or Mortier, for example, in the Belgian province of Liège.

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Distribution of mortier Families in the US in 1920
Number of mortier families
 8-13
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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