The curless Surname

curless Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of Dutch Keurlis, of unexplained origin; possibly a variant of Cuelers, which is ultimately a patronymic from a short form of the personal name Nikolaas (see Nicholas).
English: variant of Corliss.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The curless name in History

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curless Family Facts

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Distribution of curless Families in the US in 1920

Number of curless families

24-46

9-23

1-8

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Thread	Author	Replies
Adams County Curless;s	Connie (Curless) Ogden	11
Florence Curless (unsure of spelling)	bergumchibardun	4
CURLESS/CURLISS	Pat Curliss-Leiker	1
Asher Curless	Dennis M. Curless	15
Curless Families all Illinois	dorla42	7
Sarah Catherine (Kate) Curless	bowers_k	0
Clyde and Claude CURLESS	Robert Dixon	3
SAMUEL H CURLESS-MADELINE F. JONES	dorla42	2
More Curless Info	ConnieLOgden	0
Curless info - Joseph and Lucy (Hood) Curless	ConnieLOgden	0

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