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clovis Name Meaning and History

French: from the personal name Clovis, a derivative of the Germanic personal name Hlodovic, composed of the elements hlod ‘famous’, ‘clear’ + wig ‘war’. The name is a doublet of Louis (see Lewis).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of clovis Families in the US in 1920
Number of clovis families
 15-27
 6-14
 1-5
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 8 - Messages: 44
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clovis family for Alfred Clovis chas6430 12
Mary Clovis Marx2468 0
Sarah Clovis and Justus Wade (WV/PA) lvanvoor 0
Jane Clovis Candy Ballinger(Black) 1
Alfred and Ella Clovis @@waytomuchfun@aol.com 2
Andrew L. Clovis Sue Christner 7
**WM. ALFRED AND ELLA WEIDNER CLOVIS** debland 13
Thomas Jefferson Weidner Sr./burial Sidney Cemetery/Sidney, Iowa Jaunita Cain 1
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