Where Does the Rehmer Surname Come From?

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What Rehmer means

Ancestors listed as Rehmer are often found as Rehm a generation earlier. The family name meaning is “A descendant of Raimo, from Reginmund, or someone from Rehm in Schleswig”, the same as for Rehm.

Rehmer is built on the same root as Rehm, with the ending -er. Related forms: Rehme, Rehmke and Riehm. The 2010 US Census counted 345 people named Rehmer, ranking it number 58,735 among American surnames. Rehmer sounds close to Reimer and Riemer, so it can help to search both.

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