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Boehm Family History

Boehm Name Meaning
German (Böhm), Dutch, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): ethnic name for a native or inhabitant of Bohemia (now the western part of the Czech Republic), from Böhmen, German name of Bohemia (Middle High German Böheim, Beheim). This derives its name from the tribal name Baii + heim ‘homeland’; the Baii were a tribe, probably Celtic, who inhabited the region in the 1st century ad and were gradually displaced by Slavic settlers in the period up to the 5th century. The same tribe also gave their name to Bavaria (see Bayer). Bohemia was an independent Slavic kingdom from the 7th century to 1526, when it fell to the Habsburgs. In 1627 it was formally declared a Habsburg Crown Land, and by the Treaty of Versailles it became a province of the newly formed Czechoslovakia in 1919. AB, PWH This is also found as a Swedish name.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press

176,794 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boehm
30,100 Census and Voter Lists
6,579 Immigration Records
37,735 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
93,070 Member Family Trees
9,310 Military Records

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Name Distribution of Boehm Families

  • Number of Boehm families
     79 - 155
     27 - 78
     1 - 26
     
    from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
  • Number of Boehm families
     4 - 6
     2 - 3
     1
     
    from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
  • Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Boehm last name
    from the 1891 Scotland Census Data

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Boehm Family Origin

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Boehm Family Occupations

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