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The rohr Surname

rohr Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived in an area thickly grown with reeds, from Middle High German ror (a collective singular) or near a well or channel ror, or a habitational name from one of the several places named with this word.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental from German Rohr ‘reed’ (see 1 above).

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Distribution of rohr Families in the US in 1920
Number of rohr families
 59-115
 20-58
 1-19
 0
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