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Origin of Vas Total Records: 8  Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: The name Vasser originated in the Kingdom of Lotharinga, now called Lorraine. More complete details may be obtained from the book 'The Descendants of John Vasser of Virginia (1635-1984) A family History' by Lyndal G. Vesser Surnames: Vesser, Vasser, Vassar, Verser Submitted by: William C. Vesser Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: A one name study into the surname Dovaston. Surnames: DOVASTON Submitted by: Ruth Dovaston Stant Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: Looking for any info.on Vasquez/Vazquez family from San Sebastian del Pepino. Felix Vasquez whom married Joaquina Lopez. Tehy had 6 children names of which are:Ramonita Vasquez (who is my maternal grandmother). Antonio Vasquez,Angel Vasquez,Natalio Vasquez,Dimas Vasquez and Nicolasa Vasquez. They lived or still live in San Sebastian del Pepino and in New Jersey plus Chicago Surnames: Vasquez or Vazquez Submitted by: Luis Velez Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: My Vasconcellos family comes from Madieira off the coast of Portugal. But I still need to know the meaning of Vasconcellos. Surnames: Vasconcellos Gonsalves Submitted by: Mark D. Vasconcellos Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: Kayastha:'Kaya' means The Body and 'stha' means to Live in, ie. Kayastha means those who Live in the body of Brahma. Specially Chitragupt the main Judge and Accountant for deciding whom should go to Heavenand whom to Hell,is the Father of this branch of Caste. Surnames: Srivastava, Shrivastava, Srivastav, Shrivastav, Nigam, Asthana, Vidyarthi, Bhatnagar, Ambastha, Rai, Raizada, Raijada, Sinha, Bachchan, Vidhyarthi Submitted by: Shashwat Srivastava Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: As it is usual in every country, Portugal included, almost all the surnames, either from toponymic origin, as it is the case for "Vasconcelos", or from patronymic -- or nickname -- origin, are or were used by countless families, many of which are not even relatives. Among these many families -- namely those coming from the Portuguese lands of Douro Litoral, Madeira Is. and Azores, and also from Uruguay, Malacca and Singapore, Angola and Brazil, only one has the "Vasconcelos" surname through uninterrupted male descent. All the others families using the same surname got it through one or more breaks in the male line, through bastardy or, even, from wishful thinking (false genealogies). As it is also the case, some people used the surname as a matter of obligation to inherit a majorat, as vassalage to an important patron or simply because it was the surname of their godfather. Finally, the surname "Vasconcelos" can be the result of the christening of jews or of natives from the old Portuguese colonies in Africa, Asia and Brazil. We may also admit that some people living in the borough of "Vasconcelos" for successive generations have adopted as a surname the toponym which merely was an "add-on" to designate the place of residency. The graphy has had many variations, e.g.: "Vasconcelos", "Vasconcellos", "Basconcellos" (in Galicia), "Vasconsellos", "Vascogoncellos", "Uasconcellos", "Basconcillos" (in a place near Burgos, Spain). Surnames: Vasconcelos Submitted by: Luis de Vasconcelos Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: Vaske means clean in Danish and Norwegian Surnames: Vaske Submitted by: vaske Origin of Vas, Meaning of Vas Origin: Vasas means steel it originates from Hungry Surnames: Vasas Submitted by: 11/9/2009 1:18 AM Page 1 of 1

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