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De Keyser Family History

De Keyser Surname Meaning

Flemish (also Dekeyser): from Middle Dutch keyser ‘emperor’ (from the Latin imperial title Caesar) with the definite article de ‘the’. The surname may have originated as a nickname possibly for someone with an overbearing manner or as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house or tavern named with this word.

It may also have arisen from the title of the leader of a company of marksmen. This is also an Americanized form of the Dutch variant De Keijser. Compare Keyser.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022

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You can see how De Keyser families moved over time by selecting different census years. The De Keyser family name was found in the USA, Canada, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most De Keyser families were found in USA in 1920. In 1901 there was 1 De Keyser family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded De Keyser's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of De Keyser families in 1901.

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What is the average De Keyser lifespan?

Between 1983 and 2004, in the United States, De Keyser life expectancy was at its lowest point in 2004, and highest in 2000. The average life expectancy for De Keyser in 1983 was 71, and 57 in 2004.

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