Roan Family History
Roan Name Meaning
Irish: variant spelling of Rowan.English (of Norman
origin): habitational name from Rouen in Normandy. In Scotland the
name is also derived in part from any of several places named Roan in
the Borders and Strathclyde. There was also a medieval female personal
name Roana, which may have given rise to some examples of the
surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Roan
Name Distribution of Roan Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Roan families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Roan families
|
21 - 40 8 - 20 |
1 - 7 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Roan families
|
15 - 27 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Roan Family Origin
Roan Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Roan
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Roan Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Roan census records
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Roan Civil War Service Records
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