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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Origin unidentified. It could be an Americanized spelling of German Stroh; on the other hand, there is a handful of bearers recorded in southwestern England in the 19th century, suggesting it could be of English origin, perhaps a variant of Straw.

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