York Family History
York Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of York in northern
England, or perhaps in some cases a regional name from the county of
Yorkshire. The surname is now widespread throughout England.
Originally, the city bore the British name Eburacum, which
probably meant ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology
into Old English Eoforwic (from the elements eofor
‘wild boar’ + wic ‘outlying settlement’). This name was
taken over by Scandinavian settlers in the area, who altered it back
to opacity in the form Iorvík and eventually Iork, in
which form it finally settled by the 13th century. The surname has
also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various
like-sounding Jewish surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with York
Name Distribution of York Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of York families
 376 - 749  126 - 375 |
 1 - 125  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of York families
|
24 - 46 9 - 23 |
1 - 8 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
York census records
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York Family Origin
York Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
York Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
York Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
York census records
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Military Service by York
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