Heiss Family History
Heiss Name Meaning
South German and Austrian: variant of Hiess, which is
from an aphetic short form of the personal name Mathies (see
Matthew).South German and Austrian: variant of
Heuss.Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental from German
heiss ‘hot’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Heiss Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heiss families
 36 - 69  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Heiss families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Heiss families
|
4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heiss census records
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Heiss Family Origin
Heiss Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Heiss
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Heiss Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Heiss census records
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Heiss Civil War Service Records
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