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Oberdörfer is the family name of my grandmother Elisabeth paternal side. The ancestors lived in the area of Homburg, Saarpfalz

Family background
Origin names of the City Oberndorf (formerly Brandenburg/now Poland, North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony, Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Silesia, Alsace, Lorraine, Austria, Switzerland).

Ancestors
The oldest trusted ancestor Oberdoerfer Johannes was born about 1733, married with Johanna Lutz. He lived and married in Homburg, at that time belonging to the Duchy of Zweibrücken (Palatine Wittelsbach) today Saarland (Saarpfalz).
He is the great great great grandfather of my grandmother Elisabeth

Where he is originated is not yet recorded: It could be Lengfurt near Wertheim, Wurzburg (Lower Frankonia); There are in the appropriate time many people with the name Oberdorf/Oberdörfer; another person living in Homburg in that time is Andreas Oberdörfer, he is born born according to the Catholic Church book Homburg in 1718 in Lengfurt: All this is yet to be explored in detail

Allocation of the name 'Oberdoerfer' in Germany

The name Oberdoerfer occurs a total of 186 times in 86 counties. There are an estimated 496 persons with this surname. This is below the average for all German surnames. It is thus at 20828th point of most common names.
Most people with the family name Oberdoerfer were found in the Saarpfalz district; the name occurs 11 times in the phone book.
Source: Base of name distribution are about 35 million telephone subscribers in Germany from the year 2002.

Ambos families

Stock families
in the South-West Palatinate

Oberdoerfer Families
Overview

Freyer families

Neupert families

Langefeldt families

Boesner families

Rueffer families

Source list

Background info
concerning Zweibruecken and nearby locations