Adams Family History
Adams Name Meaning
English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands,
and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic
from the personal name Adam. In the U.S. this form has absorbed
many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages
other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Adams Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Adams families
 1,962 - 3,921  655 - 1,961 |
 1 - 654  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Adams families
|
3,745 - 7,487 1,249 - 3,744 |
1 - 1,248 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Adams families
|
601 - 1,199 201 - 600 |
1 - 200 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Adams Family Origin
Adams Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Adams
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Adams Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Adams census records
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Adams Civil War Service Records
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