Pelican Family History
Pelican Name Meaning
Southern French: from Occitan pellican ‘pelican’ (Latin
pelicanus, classical Greek pelekan, medieval Greek
pelekas), which was used to signify a beggar or destitute
person. Compare also Pelikan. This is also a habitational name
from a place so named in Hérault.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Pelican Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Pelican families
 5 - 8  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Pelican families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Pelican last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pelican census records
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Pelican Family Origin
Pelican Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Pelican
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Pelican Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Pelican census records
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Pelican Civil War Service Records
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| Thread | Author | Replies | |
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| Mary Pelican |  | bauza | 2 |
| Peter Pelican | | BasketLady420 | 0 |
| bob=0) | | imorehead1 | 1 |
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