Elsen Family History
Elsen Name Meaning
metronymic from a short form of the female personal name
Elisabeth (see Elizabeth).probably also a shortened
form of van Elsen, a habitational name for someone from any of
various places named Elzen, for example in North Brabant, or in the
Belgian provinces of Brabant and Liège. Alternatively, it may be
from van den Elsen, a topographic name from the plural of
els ‘alder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Elsen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Elsen families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Elsen families
|
8 - 14 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Elsen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Elsen Family Origin
Elsen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Elsen
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Elsen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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Elsen Civil War Service Records
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