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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Dutch : patronymic from the personal name Teunis, a vernacular form of Antonius (see Anthony).
  • The surname Teunisse is recorded in Beverwijck in New Netherland (Albany, NY) in the mid 17th century.

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