The esau Surname

esau Name Meaning and History

Welsh: from the Biblical personal name Esau, meaning ‘hairy’ in Hebrew (Genesis 25:25).

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

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The esau name in History

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

esau 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 esau Families in the US in 1920

Number of esau families

5-8

2-4

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Eva Gustaf (Esau)	chrisgustaf	0
Cornelius Esau (b.1850) & Aganetha Fast (b.1850)	MarcusM777	0
ANNA ESAU	PAT SAUNDERS	17
History	Brian Esau	2
meta esau newton,ks	susan_caldwell77	0
Esau Family for, the Molotschna Colony	MSMEW	26
Clarence Esau of Canada	kimma7	0
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my new email adress	jason esau	0
new e-mail address	MSMEW	1

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