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The gorges Surname

gorges Name Meaning and History

  1. English and French: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a deep valley, from Middle English, Old French gorge ‘gorge’, ‘ravine’ (from Old French gorge ‘throat’). There are various places in England and France named with this word, and the surname may be a habitational name from any of these.
  2. German: unexplained.

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Distribution of gorges Families in the US in 1920
Number of gorges families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
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Gorges Matthias from Masburg Kreis Cochem Germany Ursula Buchholz 0
the story of a family through eleven centuries davidgordge53 0
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HILL-GORGES Teresa E _and_ George J.JPG t42MountOlivet 0
Hannah Gorges 1625? eafeigon 1
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Gorges from Fell, near Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany Anisah1969 1
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