Baar
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Frequency: (371)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. German: habitational name from either of two places called Baar, one in the Eifel region and the other in Bavaria.
2. North German and Dutch: variant of Beer.
3. Czech: from a short form of the personal name Bartoloměj (see Bartholomew).
GIVEN NAMES: German 4%. Erwin (2), Volkert.
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