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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Swedish : habitational name from the seaport of Kalmar, which is situated opposite the island of Öland.
  • Hungarian (Kalmár) : occupational name from kalmár ‘merchant’ (from Middle High German kram ‘trading post’, ‘tent’).

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