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prosser Name Meaning and History

Welsh: Anglicized form of Welsh ap Rhosier ‘son of Roger’ (see Roger).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Top Places of Origin for prosser
Place of
Origin
prosser Immigrants
England150
Great Britain33
Germany21
Wales17
Ireland11
Scotland10
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