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The fenn Surname

fenn Name Meaning and History

  1. English: topographic name for someone who lived in a low-lying marshy area, from Middle English fenn ‘marsh’, ‘bog’.
  2. South German: topographic name from Old High German fenni, Middle Low German and Old Frisian fenne ‘bog’. Compare Fehn.

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Distribution of fenn Families in the US in 1920
Number of fenn families
 61-119
 21-60
 1-20
 0
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