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The dumesnil Surname

dumesnil Name Meaning and History

French: from Old French du mesnil ‘from the house’ (from Late Latin mansionile, a diminutive of mansio ‘house’, ‘dwelling’), hence a topographic name denoting someone who lived in an isolated dwelling, or a habitational name for someone from one of the minor places named Le Ménil or Le Mesnil.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of dumesnil Families in the US in 1920
Number of dumesnil families
 5-8
 2-4
 1
 0
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