Avon Family History
Avon Name Meaning
English: possibly a habitational name from a settlement on one of
the rivers or small streams called Avon or Aven. These river names
derive from the Celtic word for ‘river’, as reflected in Welsh
afon and Gaelic abhainn. The modern surname is
concentrated in Somerset and Wiltshire, England, suggesting it is
associated chiefly with the Avon river that rises on the
Gloucester-Wiltshire border and flows through Wiltshire and Somerset
into the Severn.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Avon
Name Distribution of Avon Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Avon families
 17 - 32  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Avon families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Avon census records
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Avon Family Origin
Avon Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Avon Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Avon census records
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Military Service by Avon
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