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De%20boer Name Meaning

Dutch West Frisian East Frisian and North German: occupational name for a farmer or landsman from boer with the definite article de ‘the’. Compare Boer and De Buhr .

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


Similar surnames: De Beer, De Buhr, Den Boer, Deboe, De Heer, De Berg, De Porter

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You can see how De%20boer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De%20boer family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most De%20boer families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 8 De%20boer families living in Yorkshire. This was about 47% of all the recorded De%20boer's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of De%20boer families in 1891.
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Between 1962 and 2003, in the United States, De%20boer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1975, and highest in 1981. The average life expectancy for De%20boer in 1962 was 56, and 81 in 2003.

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