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negro Name Meaning and History

nickname or ethnic name from negro ‘black’ (Latin niger), denoting someone with dark hair or a dark complexion.
from a medieval continuation of the Latin personal name Niger.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of negro Families in the US in 1920

Number of negro families

34-65

12-33

1-11

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