The arends Surname

arends Name Meaning and History

Dutch and North German: patronymic from Arend.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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arends Family Facts

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Distribution of arends Families in the US in 1920

Number of arends families

35-68

12-34

1-11

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Searching for Ancestors	R. A. Arends	1
Arends in Illinois	1947walk	1
Arends	picturehanger	22
Arends family of Ditzum-Verlaat	John Rachey	3
Looking for Arends family	Meredith	15
Karen Yarbrough Arends	GDorseyBowen	0
ARENDS	Stephen Miller	8
John Arends	cedenick	1
Richard Arends. Obituary Macon City, Ia..	rugshop	0
Jake Arends married Marilyn Joyce Groenwald, Zearing, Story county, Ia	rugshop	0

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