Braunschweig Family History
Braunschweig Name Meaning
German and Jewish (western Ashkenazic): habitational name from the
city of Braunschweig in Lower Saxony, known in English as
Brunswick. The place name is from the genitive case of the Germanic
personal name Bruno (borne by the Duke of Saxony who founded
the city in 861) + Old Saxon wik ‘dwelling place’,
‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Braunschweig Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Braunschweig families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Braunschweig families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Braunschweig Family Origin
Braunschweig Immigration Information
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Braunschweig Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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