Zhan Family History
- Zhan Name Meaning
- Chinese : from the name of a territory granted to a son of Xuan Wang (827–781 bc), the twelfth king of the Zhou dynasty.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 689 Historical Documents with Zhan on Ancestry
- 436 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 118 Census and Voter Lists
- 25 Military Records
- 41 Immigration Records
- 69 Member Trees
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Number of Zhan families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
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