Leber Family History
- Leber Name Meaning
- German: of uncertain origin; possibly a topographic name from Middle High German le (genitive lewes) ‘hill’, or a northern nickname for a brave or healthy man, from Middle Low German lebar(e) ‘leopard’. Compare Lebert. Dutch: habitational name from places called Le or Lew, meaning ‘hill’, from the same word as 1. Slovenian: unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 145,812 Historical Documents with Leber on Ancestry
- 59,327 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 13,661 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,932 Military Records
- 3,384 Immigration Records
- 64,508 Member Trees
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Number of Leber families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leber families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leber census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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