Mann Family History
Mann Name Meaning
English, German, Dutch (De Mann), and Jewish
(Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man
contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German, Middle
Dutch man. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational
name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a
person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be
ornamental.English and German: from a Germanic personal
name, found in Old English as Manna. This originated either as
a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing this
element, such as Hermann.Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the
Yiddish male personal name Man (cognate with 1).Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Jat) and Sikh name of unknown meaning.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Mann
Name Distribution of Mann Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Mann families
 1,169 - 2,336  390 - 1,168 |
 1 - 389  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Mann families
|
243 - 484 82 - 242 |
1 - 81 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Mann census records
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Mann Family Origin
Mann Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Mann Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Mann families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Mann Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Mann census records
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Military Service by Mann
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