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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : probably a short form of the medieval personal name Makarius, from Greek makarios ‘blessed’.
  • German : variant of Kahre.
  • Swedish : unexplained.
  • Danish : habitational name from a place called Kahr.

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