Wand Family History
Wand Name Meaning
English: perhaps a nickname for a shy or short-sighted person,
from Old English wand ‘mole’. Compare Want.German: occupational name for a weaver or cloth cutter, from a
reduced form of Middle High German gewant ‘cloth’,
‘garment’. Compare Wander 2.German: topographic name from
Middle High German want ‘wall’, ‘steep rock’, ‘precipice’.Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a glove maker, from
Middle Dutch wante ‘glove’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wand
Name Distribution of Wand Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wand families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wand families
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61 - 120 21 - 60 |
1 - 20 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wand families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Wand census records
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Wand Family Origin
Wand Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wand
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wand Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wand census records
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Wand Civil War Service Records
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