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Re: Gist surname
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Posted by: Gwilym on February 21, 2005
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Posted by Benton Gist on February 21, 2005
Subject: Re: Gist surname
> I have been doing some research on the Gist surname and every search I do returns a Welsh origin.
> Can somebody give me some information about the Gist name and if there are indeed any Gist's in Wales currently?
> It is a very uncommon name in the U.S. but very prominent in American history.
> Before now I knew absolutly nothing about Wales, so this is all very interesting to me.
> Thanks

Please click on:
http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?html=b&ln=Gist&sourcecode=13304
You'll find the distribution of the Gist name in the US on this site. It has an English derivation, probably from the name Guest.

Gwilym

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