The avant Surname

avant Name Meaning and History

English (Devon): variant spelling of Avent.

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

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The avant name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the avant family name as far back in history as possible.

avant Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of avant Families in the US in 1920

Number of avant families

45-88

16-44

1-15

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AVANT/AVANCE and Variants Surname DNA Project	pier66	0
Carver and King	jvnowell	0
Avants in Tennessee	doloresjanowski	19
Andrew Jackson Avant 1839-1927	bavant3	0
Francis Marion Avant	geoffmears	5
Avant Families living in Texas	Jeana Avant	47
Avant family page	Jennifer Harvilak	16
Looking for surving sibling's form the uniion of:	1A80297	0
Avant - Avans	Renee Crossley-Snow	11
Avant family members in Ms.?	E.LeSure	10

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