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tonn Name Meaning and History

German: metonymic occupational name for a cooper, from Middle Low German, Middle High German tunne, tonne ‘vat’, ‘barrel’, ‘cask’.

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Distribution of tonn Families in the US in 1920
Number of tonn families
 22-42
 8-21
 1-7
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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