The zwahlen Surname

zwahlen Name Meaning and History

Swiss German: topographic name for someone living ‘at the water channels’, from a dialect word wa(h)l ‘channel’, in particular one used for irrigation.

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The zwahlen name in History

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

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Distribution of zwahlen Families in the US in 1920

Number of zwahlen families

7-11

3-6

1-2

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Thread	Author	Replies
Martha Ernestine Zwahlen Carter - Ohio	Lace_Lynch	0
ZWAHLEN Surname	HMoser1424	23
Zwahlen's in Kansas	Robin	2
Kunigonda Zwahlen (1824-1888)	JDJames89	1
Zwahlens from Switzerland	ShirleyWeil	9
Swalley ,Edward / Gladys Johnson	sophie1958	0
Christian Zwahlen from Schwarzenburg (and Lancaster Co)	flocondeneige06	0
Zwahlens in Boltigen, Bern, Switzerland	Mary Atkins Zwahlen	7
re:Zwahlen	Manoé Zwahlen	1
Albert Frederick Zwahlen, Elk County, Pa	ralson197	0

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