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Perrers Surname Meaning

Variant spelling of Perress, a Hants surname; see Perris. From any of several places in Normandy called Périers or Perriers (Manche and Calvados) or from Priez in Picardy (Aisne recorded as Periers in 1207).

It is uncertain whether this Norman surname has survived into modern times.

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


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