Korn Family History
Korn Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German korn ‘grain’, a
metonymic occupational name for a factor or dealer in grain or a
nickname for a peasant.Dutch and German: from a short form of the
personal name Cornelis or Cornelius.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Korn (Yiddish korn)
‘grain’, a metonymic occupational name as in 1, or an ornamental
name.Czech: from a short form of the Czech personal name
Kornel, a vernacular form of Cornelius.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Korn
Name Distribution of Korn Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Korn families
 137 - 272  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Korn families
|
13 - 24 5 - 12 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Korn families
|
3 - 3 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Korn census records
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Korn Family Origin
Korn Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Korn
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Korn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Korn census records
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Korn Civil War Service Records
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