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marr Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish: habitational name from Mar in Aberdeenshire, the etymology of which is uncertain, possibly Old Norse marr, a rare word generally denoting the sea, but perhaps also a marsh or fen, as reflected in modern dialect forms.
  2. English: habitational name from Marr in West Yorkshire, whose name is likewise of uncertain origin; possibly the same as 1.
  3. German: from the Germanic personal name Marro.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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marr Family Facts

Distribution of marr Families in the US in 1920
Number of marr families
 67-132
 23-66		 1-22
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Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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