The loss Surname

loss Name Meaning and History

North German: topographic name from los ‘marsh’, or a habitational name from places named with this word, such as Losse and Lossa.
German: pet form of the personal name Ludwig.

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

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loss Family Facts

Distribution of loss Families in the US in 1920

Number of loss families

25-48

9-24

1-8

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

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Threads: 25 - Messages: 93

Thread	Author	Replies
Loss Family	michelewolsey26	8
loss family	Melissa Stringer	10
Thresa Margret Flontano m. Adam Loss	LisaNTx	0
Loss, Adam & Thresa	LisaNTx	0
Loss family	Robert Loss	30
Robert F. Loss	clintloss1	0
Loss Family	Wayne Carpenter	3
Loss family - New York	hansmansgarage	0
Loss, Deborah M. (OBIT PA 7-25-2006)	myobituarysite	0
Caroline LOSS - Manistee, MI	EdieWales	0

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