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The hess Surname

hess Name Meaning and History

  1. German, Dutch, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): regional name for someone from the territory of Hesse (German Hessen).
  2. South German: from a short form of the personal name Matthäus (see Matthew).
  3. German and Dutch: from the Germanic personal name Hesso.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The hess name in History

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Distribution of hess Families in the US in 1920
Number of hess families
 1138-2273
 380-1137		 1-379
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 1162 - Messages: 2642
ThreadAuthorReplies
Balthasar Hess DottieLou3 27
HESS of Dayton, OH area Sandymento 3
Geraldean I. (nee Hons) Hess 1924-1980 puppup 2
John and Carrie Hess Debby 6
Arizona Eagle Hess of WV Rachel Hanna 6
Hess Family Teresa Mcnew 19
WALTER RICHARD RUDOLPH HESS paul103146 0
Silas Hess's daughter Mary her 13 kids Gloria Giffords 10
Hess' of Bowling Green, KY HessAdams1 7
Samuel Hess, late 1800s. AlettaHolmes 4
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