Bayliss Family History
Bayliss Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an officer of a court of justice,
whose duties included serving writs, distraining goods, and (formerly)
arresting people. In England formerly it was also a status name for
the chief officer of a hundred (administrative subdivision of a
county). The derivation is from Middle English, Old French
bailis, from Late Latin baiulivus (adjective),
‘pertaining to an attendant or porter’ (see Bailey).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bayliss Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bayliss families
 20 - 38  7 - 19 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bayliss families
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425 - 848 142 - 424 |
1 - 141 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bayliss families
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8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bayliss Family Origin
Bayliss Immigration Information
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Bayliss Family Occupations
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