Last name: MEIER
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Last name frequency
MEIER : This last name is indexed 401,257 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
MEIER : 1: German and Dutch: variant of Meyer. The German surname in this form is also found in some other European countries e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Poland.2: Jewish (Ashkenazic): from a variant of the personal name Meyer (see Meyer 2).3: Danish: occupational name from meiere ‘reaper harvester’.4: English: variant of Mayer.
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