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dreyfus Name Meaning and History

Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from Trevis, an old name of the city of Trier on the Mosel, known in French as Trèves; both the French and German names come from Latin Augusta Treverorum ‘city of Augustus among the Treveri’, a Celtic tribal name of uncertain origin. The form of the surname has been altered from Trevis by folk etymological association with modern German Dreifuss ‘tripod’. Compare Trier.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The dreyfus name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dreyfus family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of dreyfus Families in the US in 1920
Number of dreyfus families
 38-74
 13-37		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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