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Ter%20haar Name Meaning

Dutch: habitational name from any of several farms so named or hamlets located in the northeastern Netherlands from Middle Dutch hare ‘sandy hill’ preceded by a shortened form of the preposition te ‘at’ and the inflected article der ‘the’.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: Haar, Ter Veer, De Haan, Weishaar, De Haas, Teicher, Ter Horst

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You can see how Ter%20haar families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Ter%20haar family name was found in the USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 5 Ter%20haar families living in Wisconsin. This was about 83% of all the recorded Ter%20haar's in USA. Wisconsin had the highest population of Ter%20haar families in 1880.
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Between 1974 and 2004, in the United States, Ter%20haar life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2004, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for Ter%20haar in 1974 was 80, and 78 in 2004.

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