Perron Family History
- Perron Name Meaning
- southern French: from a southern pet form of the personal name Pierre, French form of Peter. This name is also established in England, taken there by the Huguenots. French: habitational name from places in Côte d’Or, Manche, Jura, and Mayenne named Perron or Le Perron, from pierre ‘stone’, ‘rock’. Spanish (Perrón): probably from an augmentative of perro ‘dog’. Italian: shortened form of Perrone.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 334,221 Historical Documents with Perron on Ancestry
- 91,237 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 78,437 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,401 Military Records
- 5,195 Immigration Records
- 154,951 Member Trees
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Number of Perron families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Perron families
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271 - 540 91 - 270 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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