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Du Plessis Family History

Du Plessis Surname Meaning

From any of the many minor places in northern France named with this word, which denotes a fence of interwoven branches, Old French pleis is a derivative of Latin plexum (past participle of plectere ‘to plait, weave’).

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


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You can see how Du Plessis families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Du Plessis family name was found in the USA, and Scotland between 1901 and 1920. The most Du Plessis families were found in USA in 1920, and Scotland in 1901. In 1901 there was 1 Du Plessis family living in Lanarkshire. This was 100% of all the recorded Du Plessis's in Scotland. Lanarkshire had the highest population of Du Plessis families in 1901.
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Average Du Plessis life expectancy in 1987 was 66 years. This was lower than the general public life expectancy which was 73.

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