Kau Family History
Kau Name Meaning
South German: from Middle High German gehau ‘(mountain)
clearing’, hence a topographic name for a mountain dweller or possibly
an occupational name for a logger.South German: topographic name
for someone who lived by a mineshaft, from Middle High German
kouw(e) ‘mining hut’.Chinese : possibly a
variant of Gao.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kau
Name Distribution of Kau Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kau families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kau families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Kau last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kau census records
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Kau Family Origin
Kau Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Kau
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Kau Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kau census records
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Kau Civil War Service Records
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