Roever
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Frequency: (198)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
North German (also Röver): derogatory nickname from Middle Low German rover ‘robber’.
GIVEN NAMES: German 6%. Otto (2), Bernhard, Wilfried.
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Oxford Dictionary of Family Names
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