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The farris Surname

farris Name Meaning and History

  1. Scottish: variant of Fergus, in which the Gaelic gh sound has been dropped rather than being altered to g. Compare Farrish, Ferris.
  2. Probably also a variant of English Farrar; the name is quite common in southeast England.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of farris Families in the US in 1920
Number of farris families
 185-368
 62-184		 1-61
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1931 - Messages: 2985
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Elizabeth Strain Faires/Farris Sharon Jones Vega 5
FARRIS W N 1859 1908 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
FARRIS Elizabeth 1849 1921 t42IOOF_DenCoTX 0
Obit of Edith M. Farris Bittle wcr1951_1 1
FARRIS Walter 1893 1965 t42SantaAnna 0
FARRIS W R 1927 1928 t42SantaAnna 0
FARRIS Rufus K 1912 1978 married 19 Sep 1931 t42SantaAnna 0
FARRIS Morris Otto Jr 1947 1948 our baby t42SantaAnna 0
FARRIS Martha 1894 1980 t42SantaAnna 0
FARRIS Lotta 1912 1986 married 19 Sep 1931 t42SantaAnna 0
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