Heit Family History
Heit Name Meaning
from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed
with heid ‘heath’ as the first element, or derived from Old
High German heit ‘specimen’, ‘being’, ‘character’.habitational name from a place so named, near Bremervörde in
Lower Saxony.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Heit
Name Distribution of Heit Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heit families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Heit families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Heit last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heit census records
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Heit Family Origin
Heit Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Heit families immigrated
to the United States.
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Heit
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An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions.
A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in
your family.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Heit Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Heit census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Heit ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Heit Civil War Service Records
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