Ney Family History
- Ney Name Meaning
- English: variant of Nye. Irish: reduced form of O’Ney. North German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Neu. The Jewish surname may sometimes be a shortened form of a name such as Neuburger. German: habitational name from a place near Boppard. North German: nickname from Middle Low German ni(g)e, ney(g)e ‘(the) new one’. Dutch: from a short form of the personal name Aarnoud (see Arnold). Dutch (de Ney): variant of Nay 3.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 195,214 Historical Documents with Ney on Ancestry
- 70,803 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 23,347 Census and Voter Lists
- 17,170 Military Records
- 4,564 Immigration Records
- 79,330 Member Trees
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Number of Ney families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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9 - 15 4 - 8 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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9 - 16 4 - 8 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Ney census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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- 117
- Confederate
- 10
- Union
- 107
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