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ave Name Meaning and History

  1. French (also Avé): from Old French havet ‘hook’, ‘pick’, hence a metonymic occupational name for someone who made picks or worked with a pick.
  2. probably also Galician: either from a river name or from ave ‘bird’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ave Families in the US in 1920
Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 56)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Maryland: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 56)New Jersey: 4% (2 of 56)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Hawaii: 4% (2 of 56)Alaska: Less than 1% (0 of 56)California: 11% (6 of 56)Nevada: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Oregon: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Washington: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Idaho: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Utah: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Arizona: Less than 1% (0 of 56)New Mexico: 2% (1 of 56)Colorado: 7% (4 of 56)Wyoming: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Montana: Less than 1% (0 of 56)North Dakota: 4% (2 of 56)South Dakota: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Nebraska: 2% (1 of 56)Kansas: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Oklahoma: 2% (1 of 56)Texas: 2% (1 of 56)Minnesota: 2% (1 of 56)Iowa: 2% (1 of 56)Missouri: 4% (2 of 56)Arkansas: 2% (1 of 56)Louisiana: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Illinois: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Wisconsin: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Michigan: 7% (4 of 56)Indiana: 7% (4 of 56)Ohio: 11% (6 of 56)Kentucky: Less than 1% (0 of 56)West Virginia: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Tennessee: 2% (1 of 56)Mississippi: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Alabama: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Florida: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Georgia: Less than 1% (0 of 56)South Carolina: Less than 1% (0 of 56)North Carolina: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Virginia: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Maryland: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Delaware: Less than 1% (0 of 56)New Jersey: 4% (2 of 56)Pennsylvania: 9% (5 of 56)New York: 11% (6 of 56)Connecticut: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Rhode Island: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Massachusetts: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Vermont: Less than 1% (0 of 56)New Hampshire: Less than 1% (0 of 56)Maine: 2% (1 of 56)
Number of ave families
 4-6
 2-3		 1
 0
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