Last Name TRAVERS

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Meaning	Local: French 'de la traverse,' from residence besides a crossway, a point where roads met.

Origin	English, Jewish, French, Irish, Belgian, Hungarian

Rank	4,258 (2000 US census)	4,145 (1990 US census)

Count	7,698 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

85.28%, or 6565 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
10.76%, or 828 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 40 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.21%, or 16 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.31%, or 101 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.92%, or 148 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Ukrainian middle names

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