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The grahn Surname

grahn Name Meaning and History

  1. Eastern German (under Slavic influence): perhaps a habitational name from such places as Granow, Grana, and Gran.
  2. North German (Grä(h)n): a North German variant of Grün (see Gruen).
  3. Swedish: ornamental spelling of gran ‘spruce’. This may be an ornamental name, a topographic name, or possibly a habitational name from a place called Gran.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of grahn Families in the US in 1920
Number of grahn families
 17-32
 6-16
 1-5
 0
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