Last name: GREER
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GREER : This last name is indexed 111,174 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
GREER : Scottish (Lanarkshire): from the medieval Scottish personal name Grier a vernacular form of Gregor (see Gregory and compare Grierson). This form of the surname is common in Ireland as well as Scotland.
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