- Gius
Gius is a surname that appears to be associated with Italy, specifically the
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region that was annexed by Italy from Austria-Hungary in 1919.cite web
url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gius-places-origin.ashx
title=Gius Immigration Records |accessdate=2008-01-29 |format=Database record
work=Family Facts archive |publisher=The Generations Network] [The supposition narrowing origin to a particular region of Italy is based "only" on biographical information found in Wikipedia as of 2008-01-29 and requires reliable source support to be taken as fact.] Anecdotal evidence suggests that the native pronunciation of the surname was similar to "" and that at least one Americanization of the surname was pronounced "—".cite web |url=http://www.cnpa.com/CalPress/hall/gius.htm
title=Julius Gius |accessdate=2008-01-29 |date=2004-12-28
work=California Newspaper Hall of Fame |publisher=California Press Association]The Gius surname is shared by several notable people:
*Julius Gius (1911–1996), American newspaper editor
*Nicole Gius (born 1980), Italian alpine skierDistribution
The "Gius" surname has a small presence in both the United States and England based on historical census records.
New York City passenger ship s from 1880 to 1891 indicate a slow trickle of immigration during the period punctuated by a many-fold spike in 1890. The US Census of 1880 shows a concentration of persons sharing the "Gius" surname inPennsylvania andSouth Carolina .cite web
url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gius-family-history.ashx?fn=&yr=1880
title=Gius Family History Facts 1880 |accessdate=2008-01-29 |format=Database record
work=Family Facts archive |publisher=The Generations Network] . The 1891 Census of the United Kingdom shows a concentration of "Gaius" families in the county ofEssex on the eastern coast of England.cite web
url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gius-family-history-uk.ashx?fn=&yr=1891
title=Gius Family History Facts 1891 |accessdate=2008-01-29 |format=Database record
work=Family Facts archive |publisher=The Generations Network] Forty years later, in the US Census of 1920, a dispersal of the surname across fourteen states (includingAlaska ) had taken place.cite web
url=http://www.ancestry.com/facts/Gius-family-history.ashx?fn=&yr=1920
title=Gius Family History Facts 1920 |accessdate=2008-01-29 |format=Database record
work=Family Facts archive |publisher=The Generations Network]References
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