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Etymology of Rongnion

What does the name Rongnion mean?

The Rongnion surname is an Anglicization of the French name Rongnon.

Early Origins of the Rongnion family

The surname Rongnion was first found in on the island of Jersey, where an exile from Poitiers, France, made a brief stop on his way to America. It is unclear whether other Huguenots of this name settled in parts of England.

Early History of the Rongnion family

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Rongnion Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Runyon, Runyan, Runyun, Runion, Rongnion, Runnion and others.

Early Notables of the Rongnion family

  • Marquis Henri de Regnon de Chaligny, of a Noble French family, as well as Vincent Rongnion, first bearer of this name to American, who purchased a farm of 154 1/2 acres near Piscataway, Middlesex...

Rongnion migration to the United States+



Rongnion Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Vincent Rongnion, who arrived in New Jersey in 1665 1


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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