Geiger Family History
Geiger Name Meaning
South German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a
violin player or maker, Middle High German giger (an agent
derivative of gige ‘violin’), German Geiger.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Geiger
Name Distribution of Geiger Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Geiger families
 275 - 547  92 - 274 |
 1 - 91  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Geiger families
|
17 - 31 6 - 16 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Geiger last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Geiger census records
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Geiger Family Origin
Geiger Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Geiger
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Geiger Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Geiger census records
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Geiger Civil War Service Records
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