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Tuinstra Origin and Immigration
Top Places of Origin for Tuinstra
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Ports of Departure for Tuinstra
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Tuinstra Immigration to the US by Year
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Tuinstra Surname Distribution
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Origin: Tuinstra - means "from the garden" in Frisian, which is a language spoken in the northwest corner of the Netherlands, and is more closely related to English than Dutch
Surnames: Tuinstra
Submitted by: Miriam Robbins Midkiff
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