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Van Ry Surname Meaning

Dutch: variant archaic or Americanized of Van Rij a habitational name for someone from Riede a former place (drowned around 1400) near Ridderkerk (‘church of Riede’) in South-Holland.

The placename refers to the noun riet rijt ride ‘small waterway brook’ or denotes a place near reedland.

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


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Between 1976 and 1997, in the United States, Van Ry life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1994, and highest in 1983. The average life expectancy for Van Ry in 1976 was 71, and 72 in 1997.

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