Last name: RANGER

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RANGER : This last name is indexed 81,815 times on Geneanet!

Origin of last name

RANGER : 1: English: occupational name for a gamekeeper or warden from Middle English ranger ‘gamekeeper warden’ an agent derivative of range(n) ‘to arrange or dispose’.2: French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Ranghari composed of the elements rang ‘curved’ and hari ‘army’.3: German: variant of Rang 2 3.4: German: habitational name for someone from any of the places called Rangen in Alsace Bavaria and Hesse.

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