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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from either of two places in northern France: Coignières in Seine-et-Oise or Cogners in Sarthe. This surname is well established in the southern states, where it is now borne mainly by African Americans.

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