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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : habitational name from any of the places named Kronberg, near Frankfurt, in Hesse, and (commonly) in Bavaria.
  • Jewish (Ashkenazic) and Swedish : ornamental name from German Krone, Swedish kron ‘crown’ + German Berg, Swedish berg ‘mountain’.

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