Last name: WIER
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WIER : This last name is indexed 29,135 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
WIER : 1: German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Wigheri composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heri ‘army’.2: Dutch and West Frisian (Van der Wier or Van de Wier): topographic name from Middle Dutch wier(de) ‘artificial dwelling mound’ used as a second element in several Frisian placenames.
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