Nathaniel Family History
- Nathaniel Name Meaning
- From the Biblical Hebrew personal name meaning ‘given by God’. This was borne by a minor prophet in the Bible (2 Samuel 7:2). It is found as both a Jewish and Gentile surname in Europe. In South India it is used as a given name among Christians, and in the U.S. it has come to be used as a family name among South Indian Christians.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 49,834 Historical Documents with Nathaniel on Ancestry
- 23,689 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 6,257 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,023 Military Records
- 1,523 Immigration Records
- 15,342 Member Trees
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Number of Nathaniel families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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11 - 19 4 - 10 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- All Nathaniel
- 13
- Confederate
- 3
- Union
- 10
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