Jain Family History
Jain Name Meaning
Indian (chiefly Rajasthan and Gujarat): Jain name from Sanskrit
jaina ‘derived from Jina’ or ‘follower of Jina’. Jina,
meaning ‘triumphant’, is an epithet for a saint of the Jain religion.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Jain
Name Distribution of Jain Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Jain families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Jain census records
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Jain Family Origin
Jain Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Jain families immigrated
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Jain Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Jain census records
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Military Service by Jain
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