Avis Family History
Avis Name Meaning
English: from the Norman female personal name Avice (Old
French Avice, Latin Avitia, also found in a masculine
form, Avitius). This is of uncertain origin, perhaps from a
Celtic (Gaulish) name.French: Tanguay and Jetté have people
named Avice, Avisse in Quebec from 1666. Nègre has an
Avèze (Puy-de-Dome) also deriving from Avitius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Avis Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Avis families
 12 - 22  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Avis families
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191 - 379 64 - 190 |
1 - 63 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Avis families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Avis census records
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Avis Family Origin
Avis Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Avis
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Avis Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Avis census records
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