Leis Family History
- Leis Name Meaning
- Dutch: from a reduced form of the personal name Laurei(n)s (see Lawrence). German: nickname for a soft-spoken, quiet person, from Middle High German lise ‘quiet’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 79,770 Historical Documents with Leis on Ancestry
- 38,219 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 13,809 Census and Voter Lists
- 4,509 Military Records
- 2,964 Immigration Records
- 20,269 Member Trees
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Number of Leis families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Leis families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Leis census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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