Dreyer Family History
Dreyer Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname derived from German
drei ‘three’, Middle High German dri(e), with the
addition of the suffix -er. This was the name of a medieval
coin worth three hellers (see Heller), and it is possible that
the German surname may have been derived from this word. More
probably, the nickname is derived from some other connection with the
number three, too anecdotal to be even guessed at now.North
German and Scandinavian: occupational name for a turner of wood or
bone, from an agent derivative of Middle Low German dreien,
dregen ‘to turn’. See also Dressler.Jewish
(Ashkenazic): occupational name from Yiddish dreyer ‘turner’,
or a nickname from a homonym meaning ‘swindler, cheat’.English: variant spelling of Dryer.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Dreyer Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Dreyer families
 72 - 142  25 - 71 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dreyer families
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12 - 21 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dreyer families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Dreyer Family Origin
Dreyer Immigration Information
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Dreyer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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