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malpass Name Meaning and History

English and Scottish (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from any of various places named Malpas, because of the difficulty of the terrain, from Old French mal pas ‘bad passage’ (Latin malus passus). It is a common French minor place name, and places in Cheshire, Cornwall, Gwent, and elsewhere in England were given this name by Norman settlers. A place in Rousillon (southeastern France) that had this name in the 12th century was subsequently renamed Bonpas for the sake of a better omen.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of malpass Families in the US in 1920
Number of malpass families
 30-57
 11-29		 1-10
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