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The aven Surname

aven Name Meaning and History

  1. Scandinavian: unexplained.
  2. English: variant spelling of Avon.
  3. German: patronymic from the Frisian personal name Ave. The surname is frequent in the areas of Oldenburg and Jeverland.
  4. Dutch: metonymic occupational name from Middle Dutch haven ‘pot’.
  5. Americanized form of French Avenne or Avoine, literally ‘oats’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grain grower or merchant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The aven name in History

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Distribution of aven Families in the US in 1920
Number of aven families
 8-14
 3-7		 1-2
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 12 - Messages: 74
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AVENT/AVANCE and Variants Surname DNA Project pier66 0
Aven of Somerset Co. and Wales jhc193 0
Alonzo Aven Tenn./Texas ...Hubert Aven Lori Aven 8
John Avens Cory Mills 1
Trinda Rogers Aven - Peoria, IL btgurst1 0
Mississippi Avens BJohnson7000 9
Della Aven cattycat 2
AVENS - Mississippi to Texas dfoucheaux1 0
ADELINE "ADDIE" AVEN -Kemper Co., MS dfoucheaux1 0
Aven surname Lynne 41
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