Last name: BROSS
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BROSS : This last name is indexed 18,871 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BROSS : 1: German: from a shortened form of the Latin personal name Ambrosius (see Ambrose).2: German: from Middle High German brossen ‘to sprout or bud’ hence an affectionate nickname for a young son. Compare Brotz.3: East German: from a Germanized form of a Slavic ethnic name for a Prussian (see Prus).
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- Belgium (62)
- Sweden (62)
- Latvia (55)
- Moldova, Republic of (51)
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(33) - Memorials
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