Surname Leer (乐儿 
, Leer 
, Лир 
) , all around the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Leer is habitual in Aruba, where it is quite a common surname, Netherlands, where it is quite a rare surname, and Norway. In absolute terms, it is commonest in the United States, Netherlands, and China. Also, Leer is the forename as well as the last name.
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| 乐儿 | China |
| Leer | United States, Norway, China, Germany, Netherlands |
| Лир | Kazakhstan, Armenia, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan |
| Леер | Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan |
| bernardhus van leer American physician, DE (b. 1687) |
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samuel van leer (1747-1825), US (b. 1747) |
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maria leer Dutch prophetess, NL (b. 1788) |
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| george leer English cricketer (1748-1812) (b. 1748) |
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| carl gustav von inn- und knyphausen leer French politician (1749-1841), FR (b. 1749) |
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| isaac van leer Ironmaster (b. 1772, d. 1821), US (b. 1772) |
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| anthony van leer Ironworks owner (b. 1783, d. 1864), US (b. 1783) |
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| john p. van leer American military officer (b. 1825) |
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| reiar nilsen leer Norwegian politician, NO (b. 1826) |
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w.a. van leer Dutch collector of Egyptian antiquities, NL (b. 1884) |
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blake ragsdale van leer President of Georgia Tech (1893-1956), US (b. 1893) |
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| clara van leer (1857-1913) (b. 1857) |
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| carlos clark van leer American military officer (b. 1865) |
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| samuel leer holocaust victim, b. 1868-12-07, AT (b. 1868) |
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| sylvester leer Austrian politician (1880-1957), AT (b. 1880) |
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