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The ocker Surname

ocker Name Meaning and History

  1. topographic name for someone living by the Ocker river in the Harz Mountains, which perhaps derives its name from a Celtic word for ‘salmon’, cognate with Cornish ehoc.
  2. (Öcker): patronymic from a pet form of the personal name Odo, Otto (see Ott).

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Distribution of ocker Families in the US in 1920
Number of ocker families
 28-53
 10-27		 1-9
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