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The hanchey Surname

hanchey Name Meaning and History

Americanized spelling of a Swiss and southern German family name Hantsche, Hansche, or Hentsche, a metonymic occupational name for a glovemaker, from any of the variants Hansche, Hantsche, Hentsche, contracted forms of Handschuh ‘glove’, due to the loss of stress in the second syllable See Handschuh. This name is found predominantly in LA and NC.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hanchey Families in the US in 1920
Number of hanchey families
 9-16
 4-8
 1-3
 0
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