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Type Surname (from occupation)
Usage German
Other Forms FormsStohr

Meaning & History

From Middle Low German store ‘sturgeon’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who caught or sold sturgeon, or a nickname for someone with some supposed resemblance to the fish. Occasionally, a topographic name for someone who lived by the Stör river in Holstein (See Stohr).
Added 5/15/2014 by LMS
Edited 6/11/2016 by LMS