Wann Family History
Wann Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English wann
‘wan’, ‘pale’ (the meaning of the word in Old English was, conversely,
‘dark’).German: from the personal name Wano, a
short form of Wambald (see Wambold).German:
topographic name denoting a basket-shaped valley or on a basket-shaped
knoll, Middle High German wann(e) ‘basket’ (see Wanner
and Wannemacher).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Wann
Name Distribution of Wann Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Wann families
 19 - 35  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Wann families
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24 - 46 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Wann families
|
48 - 93 17 - 47 |
1 - 16 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Wann Family Origin
Wann Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Wann
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Wann Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Wann census records
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Wann Civil War Service Records
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