Surname Spotlight: Emmans

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Meaning of the name

Ask a genealogist about Emmans and the first name they will mention is Emmons. Read literally, Emmans points to “Son of Emma”.

Emmans writes “a” in place of the “o” found in Emmons, a typical scribal difference. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. The same family of names includes Emmens. In the 2010 US Census, 211 Americans gave Emmans as their last name (rank 88,020).

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