Hinterhuber

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Hinterhuber is a German-speaking family name.

Origin of name

Huber was the name given to farmers who owned a whole Hube (Low German Hufe) of arable land as property. The name goes back to the Upper German term for Hufner.

The addition Hinter indicates that it is a localized professional name. The farm was / is behind a settlement or a forest.

Name bearer

Individual evidence

  1. Hinterhuber at Namenforschung.net, a project of the Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz