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diss Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from Diss in Suffolk, which gets its name from a Norman pronunciation of Middle English diche, Old English dic ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ (see Dyke).
  2. German: habitational name from Dissen near the Teutoburg forest.

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Distribution of diss Families in the US in 1920
Number of diss families
 10-17
 4-9
 1-3
 0
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