Kane Family History
Kane Name Meaning
Irish (Ulster): reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó
Catháin ‘descendant of Cathán’ (see
O’Kane). Compare Keane.Scottish: reduced
form of McKean.Jewish (Ashkenazic): altered spelling of
Cohen.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): variant spelling of
Kanne.Probably also an Americanized spelling of
German Köhn (see Kohn).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
734,528
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Name Distribution of Kane Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kane families
 1,052 - 2,101  351 - 1,051 |
 1 - 350  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kane families
|
190 - 377 64 - 189 |
1 - 63 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kane families
|
489 - 976 164 - 488 |
1 - 163 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kane census records
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Kane Family Origin
Kane Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kane
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Kane Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kane census records
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Kane Civil War Service Records
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