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The ohmer Surname

ohmer Name Meaning and History

  1. from an agent derivative of Middle High German ame, ome ‘standard measure’, hence an occupational name for someone who checked and sealed weights and measures.
  2. (Öhmer): topographic name (mostly Swiss), for someone who lived or owned a farm in a wider, flat part of a valley, a variant of Ebner.
  3. status or occupational name from Middle High German ebenære ‘arbitrator’, ‘judge’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ohmer Families in the US in 1920
Number of ohmer families
 13-23
 5-12
 1-4
 0
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