Postel Family History
Postel Name Meaning
German (Bavaria, Austria): habitational name from any of various place names of Slavic origin, for example Postelitz and Postlow.German: nickname from Middle High German possolt ‘handicraft’.German: from a Slavic pet form of Sebastian.German: from Apostel ‘apostle’, a nickname for someone who played the part of an apostle in a medieval mystery play. Compare Postle.Dutch: habitational name from Postel in Antwerp province, Bavaria.Jewish (from Ukraine): metonymic occupational name for a shoemaker, from Yiddish postele ‘leather shoe’.
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Name Distribution of Postel Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Postel families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Postel families
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5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Postel last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Postel census records
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Postel Family Origin
Postel Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Postel
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Postel Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Postel census records
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Postel Civil War Service Records
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