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Just Surname Meaning

English, Scottish, German, Danish, Catalan, French, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Croatian, and Hungarian: from a personal name from Latin Justus, from justus ‘just, upright’. There were several early Christian saints of this name, among them a 4th-century bishop of Lyon and a 6th-century bishop of Urgell in Catalonia. Compare Yust.

English: occasionally perhaps from a nickname, whether French or English, meaning ‘the just one’. German: variant of Jost.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): artificial name or nickname from a German or Polish spelling of Yiddish yust ‘well-to-do’. Compare Yust.

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

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You can see how Just families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Just family name was found in the USA, the UK, Canada, and Scotland between 1840 and 1920. The most Just families were found in USA in 1920. In 1891 there were 52 Just families living in London. This was about 23% of all the recorded Just's in United Kingdom. London had the highest population of Just families in 1891.

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What is the average Just lifespan?

Between 1945 and 2004, in the United States, Just life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1945, and highest in 1992. The average life expectancy for Just in 1945 was 24, and 76 in 2004.

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