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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name for someone who lived on the bank or shore of a river, lake, or sea, late Middle High German uover, Middle Low German over, or a habitational name from a place named with this word, two examples of which are found in Austria and one in Germany, near Cologne.

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