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• Saxe Origin and Immigration
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• Name History and Origin for Saxe
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• Saxe Surname Distribution
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  • Distribution of Saxe Families in the US in 1840
  • Distribution of Saxe Families in the US in 1880
  • Distribution of Saxe Families in the US in 1920
  • Distribution of Saxe Families in England and Wales in 1891

Origin of Saxe Total Records: 2  Origin of Saxe, Meaning of Saxe Origin: Indian (northern states): Hindu (Kayasth) name from one of the subgroups of the Kayasth community. According to Saxena tradition, their name is from Sanskrit sakhisen? ?friend of the army?, a title awarded to them by the kings of Srinagar, India. Surnames: Saxena Submitted by: Origin of Saxe, Meaning of Saxe Origin: The name Saxena is of Anglo-Saxon origin and came from when the family lived in the parish of Saxby in the counties of Lincolnshire and Leicestershire. The surname Saxena is an example of a habitation name which forms broad category of surnames that were derived from place names. They were derived from pre existing names for towns, villages, parishes or farmsteads. As a general rule the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or origin country from which they came. (More continued on the original link...) Surnames: Saxena Submitted by: Sameer 11/9/2009 6:38 PM Page 1 of 1

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