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pontiff Name Meaning and History

English and French: from Old French pontife ‘pontiff’, hence a nickname for someone who had played the role of the pope or a high priest in a medieval religious play, or for a vain or pompous person.

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

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

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Distribution of pontiff Families in the US in 1920
Number of pontiff families
 19-35
 7-18		 1-6
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Charles Pontiff/Catherine Hauptman, LA Pam Miranda 20
Are the LA Pontiffs and Acadian Pontiffs related? Gordon Bonnet 0
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pontiff Grantt Guillory 19
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