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wachs Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a gatherer or seller of beeswax, from Middle High German wahs, German Wachs ‘wax’. Wax was important in former times, being used for example to make candles and for sealing letters.

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Distribution of wachs Families in the US in 1920
Number of wachs families
 13-24
 5-12
 1-4
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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