Kehr Family History
Kehr Name Meaning
from Middle High German kere ‘bend’, ‘corner’,
hence a topographic name for someone living near a bend in a road or
near a field named with this word. The name is common in Tyrol (where
it is also a place name from which the surname may have arisen) and in
adjoining parts of Switzerland.possibly a short form of a
personal name, Kehri or Kehrein, derived from the Roman
personal name Quirinus, which was borne by several early
Christian martyrs.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kehr Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kehr families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kehr families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kehr Family Origin
Kehr Immigration Information
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Kehr Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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