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Diss Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Diss in Suffolk, which gets its
name from a Norman pronunciation of Middle English diche, Old
English dic ‘ditch’, ‘dike’ (see Dyke).German:
habitational name from Dissen near the Teutoburg forest.
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Name Distribution of Diss Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Diss families
 10 - 17  4 - 9 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Diss families
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52 - 102 18 - 51 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Diss Family Origin
Diss Immigration Information
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Diss Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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