Schröer Last Name: Meaning and Heraldic Roots

Seen on a birth certificate or a ship's manifest, Schröer is usually a form of Schröter. Read literally, Schröer points to “Tailor (Low German)”. Before spelling was fixed, Schröter was also written Schröer. The same family of names includes Schröther, Schrödter and Schroeter.

The Census Bureau's 2010 surname file lists Schröer with 3,182 bearers, at rank 10,132. From 1891 to 2000, 100 births in France were registered under Schröer. Births ran at 8 in 1891–1900 and 17 in 1991–2000.

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