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Origin of Kus Total Records: 8  Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: Kuester is German for the caretaker of the church. The English equivalent would be sexton. A story I heard from an Ed Kuester from New York claims that originally there was a family named Von Fralinger. This was consisted of a father and 4 sons. This family were robber barons. One of the sons had a falling out with his father. He took refuge at the church and became the caretaker. He changed his name to Kuester. Surnames: Custer, Kuester, Kuster Submitted by: Pat Kuester Bowen Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: I have only anecdotal information, but recent Russian emigrants indicate that it comes from the Ukraine around Kiev, a proposed origin of the name is that they were 'capmakers' or makers of Russian fur hats, hence also 'furrier'. Surnames: Kushner Submitted by: Unknown Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: Dropping the tail off the high german Y results in an I. My great grandfather, Hinrich Cyriacks, upon immigrating to Wisconsin from the Bremen area of Germany in the 1870s allowed his name to be spelled Ciriacks, thus beginning the largest extant branch of the family going back to the 3rd century A.D. He has more than 400 descendents. The original name, either Cyriac, Cyriacus, Quiricus or Cyriax, depending upon whether Latin, Greek, or ancient German is used, is Greek and may have meant DEDICATED TO THE LORD when initially used around 2000 years ago.%0a%0aSee an example of the high german spelling at http://ciriacks.cyriac-fhp.com%0a%0a%0a Surnames: Ciriack, Ciriacks, Cyriacks, Cyriaks, Cyriax, Cyriacus, Ciriaco, Cyriakus, Kyriacou, Quiriaco, Zirjacks Submitted by: Ben Ciriacks Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: Mary B.1793 in N.Y. State married William W Herington from England. Looking for more information about Mary she's my grandmother. Thankyou Surnames: Backus Submitted by: Elvira Thornton Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: greek Surnames: Kusulas Submitted by: Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: Kusturin Surnames: Kusturin Submitted by: Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: The meaning of Kustermann is the keeper or guardian of a church. Surnames: Kustermann Submitted by: Peter Origin of Kus, Meaning of Kus Origin: In Czech language, the surname Fajkus points to the origin connected with a tobacco pipe (="fajka" or "fajfka" in Czech). Then Fajkus could probably mean smoker or producer of tobacco pipes. But it is just my speculation. Surnames: Fajkus Submitted by: 2/17/2012 5:20 PM Page 1 of 1

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