Tams Family History
Tams Name Meaning
North German: from a short form of Thomas.English (Staffordshire): apparently from a patronymic of
Tam, a variant of Tom, a short form of Thomas.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Tams Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Tams families
 6 - 10  3 - 5 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Tams families
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136 - 270 46 - 135 |
1 - 45 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Tams census records
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Tams Family Origin
Tams Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Tams
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Tams Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Tams census records
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Tams Civil War Service Records
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