as a Last Name
- 3,555
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Pulver
Meaning & Origins
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German pulver ‘ash’, ‘dust’ (of Latin origin), German Pulver ‘powder’; a metonymic occupational name for an apothecary or herbalist who dispensed various types of medicinal powder. From the 15th century it may alternatively have denoted a manufacturer of gunpowder.
| 9,138th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 3,555
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Montana
- has the most people named Pulver per capita
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