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Ghent Name Meaning
English: habitational name for someone from Ghent in Flanders.
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Name Distribution of Ghent Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Ghent families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Ghent families
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15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ghent census records
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Ghent Family Origin
Ghent Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Ghent
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Ghent Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Ghent census records
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Ghent Civil War Service Records
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