Strauss Family History
Strauss Name Meaning
German: nickname for an awkward or belligerent person, from
Middle High German struz ‘quarrel’, ‘complaint’.German
and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German struze,
German Strauss ‘ostrich’, hence a habitational name for someone
who lived at a house distinguished by the sign of an ostrich, or
(among the German nobility) a nickname for someone whose coat-of-arms
featured an ostrich, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble the
bird. In some cases the Jewish surname was ornamental.Dutch: from a Germanic personal name, Strusso.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Strauss
Name Distribution of Strauss Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Strauss families
 344 - 686  115 - 343 |
 1 - 114  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Strauss families
|
30 - 57 11 - 29 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Strauss families
|
8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Strauss Family Origin
Strauss Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Strauss Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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