Gean Family History
Gean Name Meaning
Most probably a reduced Anglecized form of Irish Ó
Géibhinn, itself a reduced form of Ó
Géibheannaigh, from géibheannach ‘fettered’.Alternatively, it could be an Americanized spelling of German
Gien, which is from a short form of Heinrich.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Gean Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gean families
 13 - 23  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Gean families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gean families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gean census records
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Gean Family Origin
Gean Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Gean
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Gean Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Gean census records
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Gean Civil War Service Records
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