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The kees Surname

kees Name Meaning and History

  1. from a vernacular form of the Roman family name Cornelius.
  2. variant of Kase 2 or possibly 1.
  3. Americanized spelling of German Kies and Kiese, from an old personal name, Giso, of uncertain etymology.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of kees Families in the US in 1920
Number of kees families
 19-36
 7-18
 1-6
 0
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