Possibly a shortened form of Köllner, a habitational name
for someone from the city of Cologne, German Köln (earlier
Cöln), from a Roman military camp Colonia Agrippina.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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