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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (Devon) : possibly a variant of Chuck.
  • Possibly an altered spelling of the Austrian (Tyrolean) surname Tschugg, from Romansh tschugg ‘mountain ridge’ (from Latin iugum ‘yoke’), hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a ridge or pass.

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