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napoleon Name Meaning and History

French (Napoléon) and Spanish (Napoleón): from a Corsican personal name (see Napoleone). It was made famous by the French Emperor Napoleon (1769–1821), and in some cases may have been adopted as a surname in his honor.

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Distribution of napoleon Families in the US in 1920
Number of napoleon families
 15-28
 6-14
 1-5
 0
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