Etter Family History
Etter Name Meaning
South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who
lived near the boundary fence of a village, from Middle High German
eter ‘woven boundary fence’.German and Dutch: from Middle
High and Low German etter ‘uncle’ or ‘cousin’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Etter
Name Distribution of Etter Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Etter families
 84 - 165  29 - 83 |
 1 - 28  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Etter families
|
5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Etter last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Etter census records
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Etter Family Origin
Etter Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Etter
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Etter Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Etter census records
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Etter Civil War Service Records
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