Lein Family History
Lein Name Meaning
from a short form of the personal name Gelein,
from French Ghi(s)lain, a Latinization of a Germanic personal
name built on the element gisil ‘pledge’ (see
Giesel).German: occupational name for a grower of or
dealer in flax, from Middle High German lin ‘flax’.Norwegian: habitational name from any of several farmsteads in
Trøndelag, so named from Old Norse lein ‘slope’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Lein
Name Distribution of Lein Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Lein families
 30 - 57  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Lein families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Lein families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Lein census records
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Lein Family Origin
Lein Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Lein
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Lein Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Lein census records
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Lein Civil War Service Records
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