Nairn Family History
Nairn Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the place of this name, east of
Inverness, named for the river at whose mouth it stands. The river
name is of pre-Celtic origin.
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Name Distribution of Nairn Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nairn families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nairn families
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26 - 49 9 - 25 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nairn families
|
107 - 211 36 - 106 |
1 - 35 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nairn census records
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Nairn Family Origin
Nairn Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Nairn
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Nairn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Nairn census records
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Nairn Civil War Service Records
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