Flynn Family History
Flynn Name Meaning
Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Floinn
‘descendant of Flann’, a byname meaning ‘red(dish)’,
‘ruddy’. There were families of this name in various parts of Ireland.
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Name Distribution of Flynn Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Flynn families
 908 - 1,814  303 - 907 |
 1 - 302  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Flynn families
|
183 - 364 62 - 182 |
1 - 61 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Flynn Family Origin
Flynn Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Flynn Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Flynn Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Flynn
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