Last name: GEYER
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GEYER : This last name is indexed 122,228 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GEYER : German:: 1: nickname for a greedy or rapacious person from Middle High German and Middle Low German gīr(e) ‘large bird of prey vulture’ or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house identified by the sign of a bird of prey.2: habitational name from a place called Geyer near Zwickau in Saxony which is probably ultimately from the same word as in 1 above.
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