Wass Family History
- Wass Name Meaning
- Scottish and English: from the Norman personal name Wazo, which is probably derived from a compound Germanic name with a first element wad ‘to go’. Compare Wade 1. German and Swedish: nickname from Middle High German was(se), Swedish vass ‘sharp’, ‘cutting’. The Swedish name is a soldier’s name, one of the identifying names adopted by soldiers in the 17th and 18th centuries, before the use of surnames became general in Scandinavia. Swedish: ornamental name from vass ‘reed’, ‘marsh’. German: metonymic occupational name for a seller of wax, from Middle Low German was ‘wax’ (see Wax).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 230,593 Historical Documents with Wass on Ancestry
- 68,544 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 44,605 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,790 Military Records
- 5,419 Immigration Records
- 107,235 Member Trees
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Number of Wass families
 180 - 357  61 - 179 |
 1 - 60  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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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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