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avon Name Meaning and History

English: possibly a habitational name from a settlement on one of the rivers or small streams called Avon or Aven. These river names derive from the Celtic word for ‘river’, as reflected in Welsh afon and Gaelic abhainn. The modern surname is concentrated in Somerset and Wiltshire, England, suggesting it is associated chiefly with the Avon river that rises on the Gloucester-Wiltshire border and flows through Wiltshire and Somerset into the Severn.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of avon Families in the US in 1920
Number of avon families
 4-6
 2-3		 1
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Threads: 10 - Messages: 18
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John "Johnny Avon, Jr. 1939-2007 vicki1234119 0
AVON Harry Ontario & BC maryjeffery1 4
ireland/uk Avons katevanrooyen 1
WW II soldier from OK AEmberlin 0
Catherine ( AVON ) POIRIER born about 1840 SZarnoth 0
Avons from Hautes-Alpes departement, France Gordon Bonnet 0
Family History Theresa Avon 1
marie rose Victorine Avon ou Rose victoria Avon ou Robertine Avon Myriam Lanctot 0
Moïse Avon Myriam Lanctôt 0
Cleophie Avon Claudette Fougere 2
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