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lahn Name Meaning and History

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

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

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Distribution of lahn Families in the US in 1920
Number of lahn families
 11-19
 4-10
 1-3
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 21 - Messages: 50
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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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