Vangen Family History
Vangen Name Meaning
Dutch and Belgian: unexplained; most probably a variant of
Van Geen, a habitational name fron an unidentified place,
possibly Gein in Jutphaas (south of Utrecht), Gene in Vreren
(Belgium), or Geem in East Flanders.Norwegian:
habitational name from any of several farmsteads named with the
definite singular of vang, from Old Norse vangr ‘field’,
‘meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Vangen
Name Distribution of Vangen Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Vangen families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Vangen families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
| Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Vangen last name |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Vangen census records
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Vangen Family Origin
Vangen Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Vangen
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Vangen Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Vangen census records
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Vangen Civil War Service Records
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