Norris Family History
Norris Name Meaning
regional name for someone who had
migrated from the North (i.e. further north in England, or from
Scotland or Scandinavia), from Old French nor(r)eis
‘northerner’.topographic name for someone who lived in a house on
the north side of a settlement or estate, from Middle English
north ‘north’ + hous ‘house’.occupational name for
a wet-nurse or foster mother, from Old French nurice,
norrice (Latin nutrix, genitive nutricis).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Norris
Name Distribution of Norris Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Norris families
 410 - 818  137 - 409 |
 1 - 136  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Norris families
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1,373 - 2,743 458 - 1,372 |
1 - 457 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Norris families
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64 - 125 22 - 63 |
1 - 21 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Norris Family Origin
Norris Immigration Information
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Norris Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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