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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German (Kelnhöfer) : status name for the tenant or manager of a Kelnhof, a farm (Middle High German hof; see Hoff) to which an overseer (see Kellner) has been assigned on behalf of the landlord.

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