Karner Family History
Karner Name Meaning
from South German dialect Karner ‘charnel
house’, hence a metonymic occupational name for an undertaker.in
northern Germany, a metonymic occupational name for a peddler who used
a handcart or barrow, from Karren ‘cart’ + the -er agent
suffix.possibly a variant of Kerner or Körner
(see Koerner) or an altered spelling of Garner,
Gerner.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Karner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Karner families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Karner families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Karner last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Karner Family Origin
Karner Immigration Information
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Karner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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