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senior Name Meaning and History

  1. English (mainly Yorkshire): nickname for a peasant who gave himself airs and graces, from Anglo-Norman French segneur ‘lord’ (Latin senior ‘elder’).
  2. English and Dutch: distinguishing nickname for the elder of two bearers of the same personal name (for example, a father and son or two brothers), from Latin senior ‘elder’.

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

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

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Distribution of senior Families in the US in 1920
Number of senior families
 45-87
 16-44		 1-15
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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