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The kane Surname

kane Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish (Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’ (see O’Kane). Compare Keane.
  2. Scottish: reduced form of McKean.
  3. Jewish (Ashkenazic): altered spelling of Cohen.
  4. Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant spelling of Kanne.
  5. Probably also an Americanized spelling of German Köhn (see Kohn).

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

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Distribution of kane Families in the US in 1920
Number of kane families
 1052-2101
 351-1051		 1-350
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Threads: 791 - Messages: 1713
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Where the Kanes came from In Ireland Rory_Cain 0
KANE, John aussiesd 2
Florence Kane Albright Lisa Spencer 3
Kanes in Glendun trishlefe 0
Kane's Ireland to Washington D.C. 1800's marianneordway52 5
John Cane/Cain/Kane born Roscommon 1831 bluemoon101 1
James Kane of Castlerea, Co. Roscommon wakane 9
Kanes of Drumreask, Monaghan, Ireland jackstorey10 8
Michael kane and Elizabeth Feeney catherinescotland 0
kane from ireland Erin Naylor 13
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