Van Family History
Van Name Meaning
Vietnamese: unexplained.Dutch (De Van):
metonymic occupational name for a winnower or a maker of winnowing
fans, from Middle Dutch van(ne) ‘fan’.English:
Western English variant of Fann.Czech (Van):
from a pet form of the personal name Václav, Old Czech
Veceslav (see Vacek).Ukrainian: from a
short form of the personal name Ivan, Slavic form of
John.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Van
Name Distribution of Van Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Van families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Van families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Van census records
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Van Family Origin
Van Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Van Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Van census records
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Military Service by Van
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