The uhr Surname

uhr Name Meaning and History

German: from a short form of the personal name Uhrich, a variant of Ulrich.
German: from Middle High German ur ‘aurochs’, hence a nickname for someone thought to resemble a bison.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a watch- or clock maker, from German Uhr ‘watch’, ‘clock’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The uhr name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the uhr family name as far back in history as possible.

uhr Family Facts

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Distribution of uhr Families in the US in 1920

Number of uhr families

5-7

2-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
Uhr Family Line Looking still	Jennifer Torre	1
Uhr research	JerryMyers57	0
Clara Uhr m. Michael Liebel Sr. 1865	pa_bios	0
Uhr - change of email address	JerryMyers500	0
Uhr from Norway	JerryMyers500	2
Uhr Family ?	motherzee	6
UHR et seq of Sydney, NSW, AUS	RexRoberts19	0
Grandfather named Joseph Uhr from Chicago	ruthi96	0
Anna Marie Uhr	MWagner1767	0
Uhr Message Board; ancestral search	Janet Williams	3

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