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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 3,907,850 Historical Documents with Mann on Ancestry
- 1,371,625 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 822,734 Census and Voter Lists
- 225,558 Military Records
- 92,484 Immigration Records
- 1,395,449 Member Trees
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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
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243 - 484 82 - 242 |
1 - 81 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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