Pehl
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Frequency: (309)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
German: either from an Old Prussian name of uncertain origin, or a shortened form of Pehlemann, a habitational name from a place called Pehlen near Detmold. Alternatively, it could be a shortened form of North German Pehlgrimm ‘pilgrim’ (standard German Pilger).
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