Dean Family History
- Dean Name Meaning
- English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean, Deane, or Deen from this word. In Scotland this is a habitational name from Den in Aberdeenshire or Dean in Ayrshire. English: occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official who was the head of a chapter of canons in a cathedral. The Middle English word deen is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon. Irish: variant of Deane. Italian: occupational name cognate with 2, from Venetian dean ‘dean’, a dialect form of degan, from degano (Italian decano).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,502,405 Historical Documents with Dean on Ancestry
- 1,616,493 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 994,243 Census and Voter Lists
- 177,509 Military Records
- 79,713 Immigration Records
- 2,634,447 Member Trees
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Number of Dean families
 682 - 1,361  228 - 681 |
 1 - 227  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dean families
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2,411 - 4,820 804 - 2,410 |
1 - 803 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dean families
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99 - 195 34 - 98 |
1 - 33 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 3,356
- Confederate
- 1,330
- Union
- 2,026
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