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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian (all Lončar) : occupational name from lončar ‘potter’, derived from Slovenian lonec, Croatian and Serbian lonac ‘pot’, + the agent noun suffix -ar.
  • possibly also an Americanized form of German Langhaar (see Longcor).

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