Flynn Family History
Flynn Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn
‘descendant of Flann’, a byname meaning ‘red(dish)’,
‘ruddy’. There were families of this name in various parts of Ireland.
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Name Distribution of Flynn Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Flynn families
 1,217 - 2,431  406 - 1,216 |
 1 - 405  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Flynn families
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908 - 1,814 303 - 907 |
1 - 302 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Flynn families
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183 - 364 62 - 182 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Flynn Family Origin
Flynn Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Flynn
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Flynn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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