Lis Family History
Lis Name Meaning
Polish, Czech, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Polish and
Czech dialect lis ‘fox’, a nickname for a cunning person or, in
the case of the Jewish name, an ornamental name.Czech: nickname for a man with a bald pate, from a variant of
Czech lysý ‘bald’.Dutch: metronymic from a short
form of the personal female names Alice or Elisabeth
(see Lies).Dutch (van Lis): habitational name from
Lixhe in Belgium or Lieze in the Netherlands.French: perhaps a
habitational name for someone who lived at a house distinguished by
the sign of a lily, Old French lis.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Lis Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lis families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lis families
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4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Lis last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lis census records
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Lis Family Origin
Lis Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Lis
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Lis Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lis census records
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