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hans Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Dutch: from a common and long-established vernacular personal name, an aphetic form of Johannes (see John). The surname is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as an adoption of the German or Dutch surname.
  2. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, from Sanskrit hamsa ‘swan’, ‘goose’, based on the name of an Arora clan.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of hans Families in the US in 1920
Number of hans families
 60-118
 21-59
 1-20
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