Nightingale Family History
Nightingale Name Meaning
English: nickname for someone with a good voice, from Middle
English nighti(n)gale (Old English nihtegal, from
niht ‘night’ + galan ‘sing’).Probably a
translation of German and Jewish Nachtigall, or cognates in
other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Nightingale Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nightingale families
 37 - 72  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nightingale families
|
613 - 1,224 205 - 612 |
1 - 204 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nightingale families
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Nightingale Family Origin
Nightingale Immigration Information
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Nightingale Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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