Frequency: (207)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
1. English and Scottish: variant of Carr.
2. Hungarian (Kér): one of the eight ancient Hungarian tribal names from the Magyar conquest of the Carpathian basin. The Kér tribe, led by a chief called Vata settled in what is now known as Békés county, but King Steven I resettled the tribe in royal estates, far away from their original residence. Thus the 42 villages named after the Kér tribe are scattered around in Hungary.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
