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The arn Surname

arn Name Meaning and History

  1. Swedish: from a short form of any of the many Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element, for example Arnbjorn, Arnfinn, and Arnsten.
  2. Swiss German: habitational name from Arn near Zürich, or from a house name, Middle High German arn ‘eagle’.
  3. Variant spelling of English Arne.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of arn Families in the US in 1920
Number of arn families
 19-36
 7-18		 1-6
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Arn of Ohio married Ethan E. Haas NDSwigerHaas 0
ARN FAMILY TREE OF CASS COUNTY, IOWA Dennis R. Lenz 0
Arn family of Durrn, Germany Susan Arn 0
JOHN ARN OF PORTAGE WISCONSIN MYRTICE GIFFORD FORSYTHE 4
Herman Jacob Arn or Grace Regina Arn...Information Jack T. Chellew 4
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Find possible relatives Elizabeth Mary (Arn) deClercq 1
Magdalena Arn - Germany >Ontario>Michigan dmackerman 10
Jennie Arn who was married to Herman Jacob Arn Jack T. Chellew 1
DAUGHTER PATRICIA RICHARD ARN SEARCHER 0
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