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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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