Vaux Family Name and Heraldry

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Meaning of the name

Long before computers fixed spellings, Vaux and Devaux were used side by side. It is a place-based name: “From the valleys”.

Before spelling was fixed, Devaux was also written Vaux. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard. Other spellings include Desvaux. 423 Americans were listed as Vaux in the 2010 census. That is enough to place it in the top 50,000 American surnames. 1,121 people born in France between 1891 and 2000 carried the Vaux name at birth. Births ran at 56 in 1891–1900 and 92 in 1991–2000.

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