Last name: BRUCE
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BRUCE : This last name is indexed 507,729 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
BRUCE : (Nor. Fr.) Local. Be Bruys; from Bruy or Bruys, a place in Normandy where the family originated. De Bruys was one of the followers of William the Conqueror, and fought at the battle of Hastings. From this ancestor, King Robert Bruce was descended.
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