Melin Family History
Melin Name Meaning
Swedish: probably an ornamental name composed of the place name
element mel from Old Norse meðal ‘mid(dle)’ + the
common surname suffix -(l)in, from Latin -(l)inius.French: from a short form of the personal name
Amelin.French: habitational name from places in
Haute-Saône and Côte d’Or, all named with the dialect word
melin ‘mill’, from Latin molinum.Breton:
topographic name for someone who lived at a mill or an occupational
nickname for a miller, from milin, melin ‘mill’.Czech (Melín): derivative of the personal
name Melichar (see Melchior).Slovenian
(eastern Slovenia): unexplained.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Melin
Name Distribution of Melin Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Melin families
 13 - 24  5 - 12 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Melin families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Melin census records
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Melin Family Origin
Melin Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Melin Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Melin
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