The denis Surname

denis Name Meaning and History

French, Spanish (Denís), and Portuguese: from the personal name Denis (Spanish Denís), variant of Dennis.
Ukrainian: from the personal name Denys (see Dennis).

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

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denis Family Facts

Distribution of denis Families in the US in 1920

Number of denis families

47-91

16-46

1-15

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

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Threads: 60 - Messages: 131

Thread	Author	Replies
James Allen Denis	nana2kearaj	0
Developing My Family Tree	Larry Dumoulin	19
Rose Denis	dheft129	1
Death of Mr. George Denis - Lost at Sea	davwayell	0
Mark S Denis in Christine Cemetery, Richland Cty, ND	sleuthesthedead	0
Marie Armantine DENIS (1896-1922)	tencalcpro	0
Joseph B Denis	aking185	0
Photo 1923	mbieliauskas	0
BIRTHS ~ ~ La Sarre, Que Listing from Bulletin de la Societe Historique Abitibiene	mindfoggs2	0
John Denniz or Deniz or Denis in family ledger of Chesterfield/Lancaster County, SC 1831-1890	rbbogirl	0

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