Meese Family History
Meese Name Meaning
English: variant spelling of Meece.German and
Dutch: nickname from the bird name mees ‘titmouse’, or a
metonymic occupational name for a bird-catcher.Dutch:
possibly a metonymic occupational name for a basketweaver, from Middle
Dutch mese ‘(fish) basket’.Dutch: patronymic from a short
form of the personal name Bartolomeus.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Meese Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Meese families
 51 - 99  18 - 50 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Meese families
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53 - 104 18 - 52 |
1 - 17 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Meese families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Meese Family Origin
Meese Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Meese
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Meese Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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