Babel Family History
Babel Name Meaning
Jewish (Ashkenazic): ornamental name from German or Polish
Babel ‘Babylon’ (which was named with the Assyrian elements
bab ‘gate’ + ilu ‘god’). The Jewish people were held
in captivity in Babylon from 597 to about 538 bc, and the
name was sometimes adopted with reference to being an oppressed
minority in a foreign culture.French: from a medieval
personal name bestowed in honor of St. Babylas, a 3rd-century
Christian patriarch of Antioch, whose name is of uncertain
origin.German: variant of the personal name Babo, a name
developed from baby talk, also a pet form of Paul.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Babel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Babel families
 14 - 26  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Babel families
|
4 - 5 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Babel last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Babel Family Origin
Babel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Babel
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Babel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Babel Civil War Service Records
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