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jez Name Meaning and History

Polish (Je?z) and Slovenian (Jež): from je?z (Polish), jež (Slovenian) ‘hedgehog’, probably a nickname for a prickly or disobliging individual.

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Distribution of jez Families in the US in 1920
Number of jez families
 8-14
 3-7
 1-2
 0
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family in vlkos, czechoslovakia sharon 18
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Michael P. Jez davina55 1
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Jez family in Chicopee/Chicopee Falls James Eager 1
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Mary Jez in Chicago Sandy Passarella 0
Any Jewish Blood? Leigh Ann 0

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