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Colmer Name Meaning

English: habitational name for someone from Colmore in Hampshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Colemere, from Old English col ‘cool’ + mere ‘pool’, ‘pond’. Altered spelling of German Kollmer, an Alsatian habitational name for someone from Colmar (formerly written Kolmar), or of Gollmer, a habitational name for someone from any of various places named Golm or Golme.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press


Similar surnames: Holmer, Comer, Coomer, Calder, Colter, Holter, Coller, Dormer, Sommer

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Colmer Family Origin

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Colmer Family Occupations

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  • Laborer

    19%

  • Farm Laborer

    11%

  • Farmer

    11%

  • Baker

    4%

In 1880, Laborer, Farm Laborer and Farmer were the top 3 reported jobs worked by Colmer. The most common Colmer occupation in the USA was Laborer. 19% of Colmer's were Laborers. A less common occupation for the Colmer family was Baker.

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Colmer Life Expectancy

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