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The lesser Surname

lesser Name Meaning and History

  1. German: habitational name for someone from any of several places named Lesse, for example in Lower Saxony.
  2. German: variant of Leser.
  3. Dutch: occupational name for a fireman, from an agent derivative of Middle Dutch lesschen, lessen ‘to extinguish’.

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

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the lesser family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of lesser Families in the US in 1920
Number of lesser families
 150-297
 51-149		 1-50
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 53 - Messages: 165
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Simon Morris LESSER jaguarjim 1
Robert D.,Dorothy Emrick,William Lesser Anne Lesser 3
Sarah E Lesser standersson 0
Harry Lesser ann williams 25
Trout and Lesser Families schapman5937 6
June Lesser Jane Lesser 6
LESSER of New York: Ida, Philip, Rosalie, Yossi "Joey" reifer 4
lesser from brooklyn, ny ellie 4
Barbara Lesser Skokie, Illinois KalninsP 0
Stroh/Fahrnbruch/Bott Bob Fahrnbruch 3
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