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hans Name Meaning and History

  1. German and Dutch: from a common and long-established vernacular personal name, an aphetic form of Johannes (see John). The surname is also borne by Ashkenazic Jews, presumably as an adoption of the German or Dutch surname.
  2. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Arora) and Sikh name, from Sanskrit hamsa ‘swan’, ‘goose’, based on the name of an Arora clan.

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

Distribution of hans Families in the US in 1920
Number of hans families
 60-118
 21-59
 1-20
 0
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Hans family in Paris 1870 sbayfield1 2
HANS-Central PA minhans 3
My Grand Grand Grand Grandfather Christian Hans 3
Hans Family in Ohio margarethans 0
Elizabeth HANS and John S. GARDNER, 1817 AnnaMHayes 0
Hans Family N.Buffalo Mich Dorothy_Landrum 11
John Hans 1825-1899 New York Rochester / Irondequoit denlib 0
caroline hans frieda hadley 1
Fred M. Hans Judi 6
Lizzie HANS, Berkeley, CA...born abt. 1860 Bart Gripenstraw 0
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