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zwirn Name Meaning and History

German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a yarn or twine maker, from German Zwirn ‘twine’, ‘yarn’.

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

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

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Distribution of zwirn Families in the US in 1920
Number of zwirn families
 7-12
 3-6		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Zwirn/Myers BillRace36 2
Charlotte Zwirn/Schultz Cheryl_Grieve 1
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Joseph and Susanna Zwirn zwirnbliss 0
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