Gran Family History
Gran Name Meaning
Swedish: ornamental surname from gran ‘Norway spruce’,
adopted in the 19th century. This belongs to the large class of
ornamental surnames taken from natural features of the landscape.German: habitational name from Gran in Hungary.German
(Grän): variant of Grein.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Gran
Name Distribution of Gran Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Gran families
 43 - 84  15 - 42 |
 1 - 14  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Gran families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gran census records
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Gran Family Origin
Gran Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Gran Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Gran census records
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Military Service by Gran
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