Bohn Family History
Bohn Name Meaning
North German: variant of Bode.German: metonymic
occupational name for a grower of beans, from Middle High German,
Middle Low German bone ‘bean’. Beans were a staple food in
the Middle Ages, especially the broad bean, Vicia faba; the
green bean, Phaseolus vulgaris, was not introduced from South
America until the late 16th century.
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Name Distribution of Bohn Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bohn families
 96 - 189  33 - 95 |
 1 - 32  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bohn families
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34 - 66 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bohn families
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6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bohn Family Origin
Bohn Immigration Information
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Bohn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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