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The unruh Surname

unruh Name Meaning and History

  1. nickname for a restless or quarrelsome person, from Middle High German, Middle Low German unrouwe, unrawa ‘unrest’, ‘disturbance’.
  2. habitational name from places called Unruh, in East Prussia, or Unrow.
  3. nickname for a careless or casual person, from Middle High German unruoch ‘careless’, ‘negligent’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The unruh name in History

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

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Distribution of unruh Families in the US in 1920
Number of unruh families
 109-216
 37-108		 1-36
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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