Durst Family History
Durst Name Meaning
(also Dürst): nickname from Middle High
German turst ‘boldness’.from Middle High German
durst ‘thirst’, applied as nickname, probably for a heavy
drinker; or a habitational name from a farmstead in the Tyrol named
with the same word, probably indicating a dry location.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Durst
Name Distribution of Durst Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Durst families
 50 - 98  17 - 49 |
 1 - 16  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Durst families
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11 - 19 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Durst families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Durst census records
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Durst Family Origin
Durst Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Durst
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Durst Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Durst census records
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Durst Civil War Service Records
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