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toepfer Name Meaning and History

German (Töpfer): occupational name for a maker of metal or earthenware pots, from an agent derivative of Middle High German topf(e) ‘pot’, ‘vessel’ (first attested in the 12th century, and at first found only in the eastern German dialects).

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Distribution of toepfer Families in the US in 1920
Number of toepfer families
 14-25
 5-13
 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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