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combest Name Meaning and History

Altered spelling of German Kombst or Gumpost, from Middle High German kumpost ‘bottled fruit or vegetables’, ‘sauerkraut’ (from Latin compositum); the term further denoted a particular tax and it is probably from this sense that the surname arose.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of combest Families in the US in 1920
Number of combest families
 17-31
 6-16		 1-5
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COMBEST William Calvin 1850 1913 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
COMBEST Wm Alva 1882 1939 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
COMBEST Frances I LAWRENCE WILLIAMS 1891 1990 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
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