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Meer Name Meaning
Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived by a body of
water, Middle Dutch mere ‘lake’.Jewish: variant of
Meyer 2.Muslim: from a Persian title, a shortened form
of Arabic amir ‘prince’, ‘commander’ (see Amir). This
name is found throughout the Indian subcontinent.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Meer
Name Distribution of Meer Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Meer families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Meer families
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15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Meer families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Meer census records
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Meer Family Origin
Meer Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Meer
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Meer Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Meer census records
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Meer Civil War Service Records
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