Pelto Family History
- Pelto Name Meaning
- Finnish: from pelto ‘field’. Originally a habitational name from a farm named for its location in a field, this surname was widely adopted as an ornamental name during the early 20th century; it is now also found throughout southern and central parts of the country.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,232 Historical Documents with Pelto on Ancestry
- 5,940 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 2,729 Census and Voter Lists
- 740 Military Records
- 561 Immigration Records
- 4,262 Member Trees
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Number of Pelto families
 15 - 27  6 - 14 |
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Pelto families
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2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Pelto census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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