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ensign Name Meaning and History

English: of uncertain etymology. From the 16th to the 19th century, the English vocabulary word ensign denoted a junior rank of infantry officer, which may be the source of the surname.

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

Distribution of ensign Families in the US in 1920
Number of ensign families
 39-75
 14-38		 1-13
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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