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The lacy Surname

lacy Name Meaning and History

English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lassy in Calvados, named from a Gaulish personal name Lascius (of uncertain meaning) + the locative suffix -acum. The surname is widespread in Britain and Ireland, but most common in Nottinghamshire. In Ireland the family is associated particularly with County Limerick.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lacy family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lacy Families in the US in 1920
Number of lacy families
 206-409
 69-205		 1-68
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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