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The weis Surname

weis Name Meaning and History

  1. German: nickname from Middle High German wis(e) ‘wise’, ‘clever’, ‘experienced’, Middle Low German wis.
  2. Respelling of German and Jewish Weiss.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of weis Families in the US in 1920
Number of weis families
 135-268
 46-134
 1-45
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