The hans Surname

hans Name Meaning and History

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.
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

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

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Threads: 52 - Messages: 123

Thread	Author	Replies
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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