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Last name origin & meaning:

German: topographic name for someone who lived by or owned a water meadow at the upper end of a village, or held land there, from oben ‘up’, ‘above’ + Au ‘water meadow’ (Middle High German oben ‘up’, ‘above’ + ouwe ‘water meadow’) + the suffix -er, denoting an inhabitant.