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The wagner Surname

wagner Name Meaning and History

German (also Wägner) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a carter or cartwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German wagen ‘cart’, ‘wagon’, German Wagen. The German surname is also well established in Scandinavia, the Netherlands, eastern Europe, and elsewhere as well as in German-speaking countries.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the wagner family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of wagner Families in the US in 1920
Number of wagner families
 2011-4019
 671-2010		 1-670
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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