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Chose Surname Meaning

Possibly a variant of Jose (see Joyce) with unvoicing of the initial consonant. Perhaps from Middle English chos, a variant of Middle English Old French chois ‘noble handsome’ (see Choyce). However, this form of the word is recorded only in northern Middle English and the historical distribution of this surname is quite different from that of Choyce.

Alternatively, it may derive from Old French chose ‘thing’, alluding to an expression such as Old French faire la chose ‘have sexual intercourse’ or Old French and Middle English bele chose ‘female private parts’.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016

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You can see how Chose families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Chose family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Chose families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 5 Chose families living in London. This was about 18% of all the recorded Chose's in United Kingdom. London and 1 other county had the highest population of Chose families in 1891.

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Between 1957 and 2003, in the United States, Chose life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1990, and highest in 1991. The average life expectancy for Chose in 1957 was 45, and 66 in 2003.

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