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Bresnahan Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Brosnacháin
‘descendant of Brosnachán’, a personal name derived from
Brosna, name of a town and river in County Kerry.
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Name Distribution of Bresnahan Families
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United States
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Number of Bresnahan families
 91 - 180  31 - 90 |
 1 - 30  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bresnahan families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bresnahan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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