Cavan Family History
- Cavan Name Meaning
- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Caomháin, ‘son of Caomhán (Kevin)’, a diminutive of the personal name Caomh (see O’Keefe). Irish: in some cases perhaps an alternative Anglicization of Caomhánach (see Kavanagh). Filipino or other Southeast Asian: unexplained.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 30,662 Historical Documents with Cavan on Ancestry
- 12,559 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,836 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,350 Military Records
- 2,517 Immigration Records
- 6,400 Member Trees
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Number of Cavan families
 9 - 16  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Cavan families
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12 - 22 5 - 11 |
1 - 4 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Cavan census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
Cavan census records
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