Where Does the Niebauer Surname Come From?

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Family name meaning

The last name Niebauer is a variant form of Neubauer, a German family name. At root, the name means “New farmer”.

Records show Niebauer as one of the forms Neubauer took over time. Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them. You may also find the name written Nebauer, Nieber and Neubaur. About 528 people in the United States were recorded as Niebauer in 2010, placing it 41,234 on the national list. Names that sound alike, such as Niebuhr, are easily confused in old records.

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