The lahn Surname

lahn Name Meaning and History

German: habitational name from places so called in northern Germany near Meppen, in Bavaria, or in Hungary.

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The lahn name in History

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

lahn Family Facts

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Distribution of lahn Families in the US in 1920

Number of lahn families

11-19

4-10

1-3

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Philip Lahn of N.Y. in 1904	BasketLady420	0
Dora Lahn of N.Y., c1879 - 1904	BasketLady420	0
Danish Lahn	Hugh_Watkins	0
Abel Lahn (1811-1884) and Hinrich Fulscher (1805-1883)	MountainDavid	3
River LAHN	Hugh_Watkins	0
Wilhelm Lahn	Cindy Wright	10
Lahn and Lohn Surnames	Ronald Green	0
christian philipp friedrich lahn	lahn	0
glahn	spumoni3	0
August, William, Herman, Emilie and Emma Lahn	Cindy Wright	0

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