Kam Family History
Kam Name Meaning
Dutch and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Dutch and Yiddish
kam ‘comb’, hence a metonymic occupational name either for a
comb maker or for a wool comber or fuller.Reduced form of
Dutch van der Kam, from Middle Dutch kamme ‘brewery’,
hence a topographic name for someone who lived by a brewery or a
metonymic occupational name for someone who worked in one.Reduced form of Dutch van Kam, a habitational name for
someone from Chaam (formerly Kam) near Breda.Chinese :
variant of Gan 1.Chinese : variant of
Jin 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kam
Name Distribution of Kam Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kam families
 53 - 103  18 - 52 |
 1 - 17  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kam families
|
16 - 29 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kam families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kam census records
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Kam Family Origin
Kam Immigration Information
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You can find out when most of the Kam families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kam
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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
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kam Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kam census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Kam ancestors, such as occupation.
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Kam Civil War Service Records
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