Zahn Family History
Zahn Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for someone with a large
or peculiar tooth or a remarkable or defective set of teeth, from
Middle High German zan(t) ‘tooth’, German Zahn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Zahn Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Zahn families
 72 - 142  25 - 71 |
 1 - 24  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Zahn families
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11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Zahn Family Origin
Zahn Immigration Information
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Zahn Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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