Last name: HANDS
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Last name frequency
HANDS : This last name is indexed 43,869 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
HANDS : English (mainly West Midlands): variant of Hand perhaps a plural form if a nickname or with genitival -s if a patronymic. In most instances it is probably a post-medieval variant with excrescent -s. Compare Hance 1.
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