Kimmel Family History
Kimmel Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German
kumin, German Kümmel ‘caraway’ (related to Latin
cuminum, a word of Oriental origin, like the plant itself),
hence a metonymic occupational name for a spicer, literally a supplier
of caraway seeds. Compare Caraway, also Lorber and
ZimÊt.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kimmel
Name Distribution of Kimmel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kimmel families
 144 - 285  49 - 143 |
 1 - 48  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Kimmel families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Kimmel families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Kimmel Family Origin
Kimmel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Kimmel
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Kimmel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Kimmel census records
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