The muster Surname

muster Name Meaning and History

Dutch: variant of Munster 1.
English: variant of Musters, a habitational name of Norman origin, from Les Moutiers-Hubert in Calvados, France.
Slovenian (eastern Slovenia): old form of Mostar ‘bridge keeper’, an agent derivative of must, an archaic spelling of most ‘bridge’. This name is also found in German-speaking countries.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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muster Family Facts

Distribution of muster Families in the US in 1920

Number of muster families

17-31

6-16

1-5

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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information on a elvia muster reynolds	Don Schortemeier	2
MUSTER family: Switzerland>NY>Valparaiso, IN	jcwyn	1
Muster World war II photo	Kati	4
Augusta Muster Schoechert obit	Lannie_T	0
John R. Muster	AWilkinsHa6714	0
Richard Muster	RyanMuster	0
muster family research	remuster	0
Wilkins/Muster	AWilkinsHa6714	0
doing Muster research	RyanMuster	1
Muster family research	xsellr8	1

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