The dresden Surname

dresden Name Meaning and History

German, Scandinavian, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name denoting someone from Dresden in Saxony.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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The dresden name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the dresden family name as far back in history as possible.

dresden Family Facts

Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of dresden Families in the US in 1920

Number of dresden families

5-7

2-4

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Thread	Author	Replies
Eldren L Dresden & Catherine Margaret Dillman of Woosung, Illinois	cecilia_1966	0
HASSON/ CLARK	khasson	0
HASSON ANDERSON	khasson	0
Nathan Dresden	Phillip Dresden	1
Dresden	Gail Parker	2
DRESDEN, Edward m. Dora ??	Kristi Bergman Lam	0
DRESDEN, Henry b.MO m. Margaret BURNS	Kristi Bergman Lam	0
Alice "Woodena" GILKER adopted by DRESDEN family	J_Gilker	2

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