Haar Family History
Haar Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with a
copious or otherwise noticeable head of hair, from Middle High German
har ‘hair’, German Haar ‘hair’.German:
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked with raw flax
(Middle High German har) in the production of linen.North
German and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a swamp,
from Middle Low German hor, har ‘dirt’, ‘mud’.Probably a shortened form of Dutch van Haar, a
habitational name for someone from Ter Haar in Groningen or any of
three places named De Haar (in Drente, Overijssel, and
Gelderland).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Haar
Name Distribution of Haar Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Haar families
 35 - 67  12 - 34 |
 1 - 11  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Haar families
|
14 - 26 5 - 13 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Haar last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Haar census records
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Haar Family Origin
Haar Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Haar
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Haar Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Haar census records
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Haar Civil War Service Records
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