The dau Surname

dau Name Meaning and History

North German and Dutch: from an Old Frisian personal name Douwo.
South German: from Davo, a short form of the personal name Tavold, formed with Old High German dau ‘custom’, ‘tradition’.
Vietnamese: unexplained.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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dau Family Facts

Distribution of dau Families in the US in 1920

Number of dau families

3-3

2-2

Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 28 - Messages: 74

Thread	Author	Replies
Dau Family - MI IL	Carletta A.	15
Parents of John Dau (1820-1906) of Iowa	drummer1965usa	0
Dora Dau (Germany > Louisville, KY > St. Louis, MO)	Kirkman14	0
Caroline Dau B: abt 1860, Gorkowitz, Prussia, Germany	Chesterkitty	1
Auguste Dau (Augusta Daw) Inquiry	geekgirl2005	2
Esther Dau	April Bertoli	0
Dau Family of Galveston, TX. in 1900	BasketLady420	0
Looking for info on Dau family tree	lilbabyjack2004	1
DAU no Brasil.	suely158	0
Minnie Dau Dreyer	cindy181	8

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