Last name: ROYER
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Last name frequency
ROYER : This last name is indexed 1,238,914 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
ROYER : 1: French and English (of Norman origin): occupational name from Old French roier ‘cartwright wheelwright’.2: French: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of hrōd ‘fame renown’ + hari heri ‘army’. Compare Rodier.3: English: occupational name from Middle English rouer(e) ‘rower oarsman’ perhaps used for a sailor.4: Altered form of German Reyer.
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