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The ernst Surname

ernst Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Dutch: from the personal name Ernst, which is most probably a byname from Middle High German and Middle Dutch ern(e)st ‘combat’, ‘serious business’. However, see Ernest.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or ornamental from German ernst ‘earnest’, ‘serious’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of ernst Families in the US in 1920
Number of ernst families
 226-449
 76-225		 1-75
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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