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Hogrebe

name

Meaning

  1. A German family surname, a modern form of the surname Gogreve.

Etymology / origin

The name originates from German Gaugraf (“magistrate”), Lower-Saxony. Until now, the oldest document with the name Gogreve comes out of the year 1172: Luithewicus and his brother, priest Thomas, in Medebach.

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