Kness Family History
Kness Name Meaning
Germanized or Americanized form of Slavic Knez.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Kness Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kness families
 11 - 19  4 - 10 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kness families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kness last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kness census records
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Kness Family Origin
Kness Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Kness families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kness
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kness Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kness census records
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Kness Civil War Service Records
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