Question

I am interested in any information on the VANT surname - I am undertaking a One Name Study

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There are variant spellings and information on the origin can be found at

surnamedb.com  which is a free site. It's said to be introduced by the Normans.

Answer 1

Be sure to study the variations as frank suggested.  In all honesty I'm an amateur at this stuff, but have found some family records by checking the different spellings.

I don' know if this interests you, but, often times a family crest (shield) will reveal which one of the 12 tribes of Isreal a family descended from.

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Jean, what location are you searching the VANT name ? In America, with a free account login at http://www.americanancestors.org/ ( make sure when you log , you check in the checkbox for FREE external databases ) you can look for Vants  in the in the SSDI 

 

http://Last Name: Vant,Database: Social Security Death Index