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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : topographic name, a variant of Kau.
  • German : from Middle High German gou ‘province’, ‘region’ + -er suffix denoting an inhabitant, hence a nickname for a country dweller, as opposed to someone who lived in a city.
  • German : from a short form of the personal name Konrad.

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