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[Surname] Origin of surname Peress
I have heard it came from France but I'm not sure.
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Perès an Peresse comes from from a regional variant of "Pierre", Peter. See the French Site www.jtosti.com/noms.
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If it comes from France it could be Peresse. A surname like thi is beared in North western France: in Brittany (Bretagne).
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PeressCould be a variant of the Sephardic Jewish name Peres, now found around the world as Perez. The key would be to find out when name first appeared in France.
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Thank You for the information. Now we know where in France the name came from.

This message was edited 5/27/2005, 2:19 PM

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You should thank the group of the site of Jean TOsti: they are very clever!
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