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durant Name Meaning and History

French and English (Norman): from the Latin omen name Durandus, meaning ‘enduring’, which was in common use especially in the Jewish communities of southern France and from there spread out across France, into England, Italy, and the Iberian peninsula.

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Distribution of durant Families in the US in 1920
Number of durant families
 122-241
 41-121
 1-40
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 193 - Messages: 494
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Joseph J Durant robyoung127 0
Dorothy Mary (nee Jackson) Durant LiliinTO 0
Augustus Durant Melrose Mass robyoung127 0
Durants of NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA Moragealasaid 0
durant /walker missmissypa 0
DURANT - SC Denese Williams 1
Mrs. Charlotte C. (Durant) No Maiden Name caroljean75 1
Mrs. Amanda (Durant) (no maiden name) caroljean75 1
Looking for Durants in Florida Rhonda Emanuel 30
Francis Durant/Minerva Birch Descendants 1780-1915 Cindy Courtier 10
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