Counterman Family History
- Counterman Name Meaning
- Probably an Americanized spelling of German Kundermann, a nickname for a devilish person, from Middle High German kunder ‘monster’ + man ‘man’, or an altered form of Kondermann, a habitational name for someone from Kondrau in Bavaria. The surname is found in England, though now rare, and may be an occupational name meaning ‘servant of the accountant’, from Middle English countour ‘accountant’ (see Counter) + man ‘servant’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 25,140 Historical Documents with Counterman on Ancestry
- 7,438 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 3,501 Census and Voter Lists
- 885 Military Records
- 85 Immigration Records
- 13,231 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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