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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • German : from a vernacular form of the Roman family name Cornelius.
  • German : variant of Kase 2 or possibly 1.
  • German : Americanized spelling of German Kies and Kiese, from an old personal name, Giso, of uncertain etymology.

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