Cavan Family History
Cavan Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caomháin, ‘son
of Caomhán (Kevin)’, a diminutive of the personal
name Caomh (see O’Keefe).Irish: in some cases
perhaps an alternative Anglicization of Caomhánach (see
Kavanagh).Filipino or other Southeast Asian:
unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Cavan
Name Distribution of Cavan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Cavan families
 8 - 13  3 - 7 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Cavan families
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cavan families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cavan census records
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Cavan Family Origin
Cavan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Cavan
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Cavan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Cavan census records
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Cavan Civil War Service Records
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