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De%20heer Name Meaning

Dutch: from heer ‘(feudal) lord master’ with the definite article de ‘the’ probably applied as a nickname to someone who behaved in a lordly manner or as a metonymic occupational name for someone in the service of a feudal lord or the like. Compare Heer .

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


Similar surnames: De Beer, De Haas, De Weerd, De Boer, De Meyer, De Buhr, Degeer, Deger

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You can see how De%20heer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De%20heer family name was found in the USA in 1920. In 1920 there were 2 De%20heer families living in Illinois. This was about 50% of all the recorded De%20heer's in USA. Illinois had the highest population of De%20heer families in 1920.
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Between 1970 and 2004, in the United States, De%20heer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2003, and highest in 2004. The average life expectancy for De%20heer in 1970 was 93, and 98 in 2004.

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