Last name: LEWES
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LEWES : This last name is indexed 27,583 times on Geneanet!Origin of last name
LEWES : 1: from Lewes (Sussex) which probably derives from Old English hlǣwas ‘mounds’ from a prominent arc of mounds at the place some now removed. Some bearers may belong with (2). 2: see Lewis.
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