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The elm Surname

elm Name Meaning and History

  1. English: topographic name for someone who lived near an elm tree or in an elm grove, from Middle English elm ‘elm’.
  2. German: habitational name from any of the various places so named.
  3. Swedish: ornamental name from älm(e) ‘elm grove’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The elm name in History

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

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Distribution of elm Families in the US in 1920
Number of elm families
 11-20
 4-10		 1-3
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Elms of Central Pa. CINDY BRADEN-ELM 18
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