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De Beer Surname Meaning

Dutch; Flemish (also Debeer): nickname for someone thought to resemble a bear or a boar from Dutch beer ‘bear boar’ + the definite article de or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a bear named for instance In de Berendans (‘In the Dancing Bear’).

The surname De Beer is also established in South Africa.

Jewish (Ashkenazic from the Netherlands): variant of Ber influenced by Dutch de beer ‘the bear’ (compare ).

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how De Beer families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De Beer family name was found in the USA between 1880 and 1920. The most De Beer families were found in USA in 1880. In 1880 there were 9 De Beer families living in New York. This was about 43% of all the recorded De Beer's in USA. New York had the highest population of De Beer families in 1880.

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Between 1982 and 2002, in the United States, De Beer life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1982, and highest in 2002. The average life expectancy for De Beer in 1982 was 70, and 94 in 2002.

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