Zahler Family History
Zahler Name Meaning
German (Zähler) and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from an agent derivative of German zahlen ‘to count’, Middle High German zalen, hence an occupational name for someone who kept count, i.e. a tallyman or clerk; also, for German, a nickname for a debtor. ab; HB, KLUGE; BR says ‘debtor’.German: from a reduced form of zagel (see Zahl), which also appears as a field name and hence a topographic name.
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Name Distribution of Zahler Families
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Number of Zahler families
 16 - 29  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Zahler Family Origin
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Zahler Family Occupations
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