Benn Family History
Benn Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Benne,
which is in part a short form of Benedict and in part a form of
the Old Norse personal name Bjorn meaning ‘bear cub’,
‘warrior’.North German: from a short form of the personal name
Bernhard.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Benn
Name Distribution of Benn Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Benn families
 369 - 736  124 - 368 |
 1 - 123  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Benn families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Benn census records
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Benn Family Origin
Benn Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Benn Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Benn census records
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Military Service by Benn
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