The junior Surname

junior Name Meaning and History

Portuguese (Júnior): from a personal name, from Latin junior, comparative of juvenis ‘young’.
In some cases this may be a translation of for example German Jung(er).

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

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junior Family Facts

Distribution of junior Families in the US in 1920

Number of junior families

23-44

8-22

1-7

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 30 - Messages: 128

Thread	Author	Replies
James Evie Junior	shabazz06	1
Junior family pre-1850	Bonnie Storey	2
Rosalie "Rose" Junior	goodroe779804	0
Junior Family	tdaniels51	0
Junier/Junior	Conlet	0
searching for family	Marcia Junior	2
James Junior	Julia Allison	4
Junior Hardin Co. Tennessee to Okla.and BEYOND	maxwelln712	1
Searching for Juniors	dmoore2_1	3
Shep Juniorand Madison Junior Last Address Prison	maxwelln712	2

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