Nyman Family History
- Nyman Name Meaning
- Danish and Swedish: nickname for a newcomer to a place, from Scandinavian ny ‘new’ + man ‘man’. The Swedish name may also be of ornamental origin. Jewish: American spelling variant of Naiman ‘newcomer’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 185,460 Historical Documents with Nyman on Ancestry
- 108,295 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 22,083 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,269 Military Records
- 14,596 Immigration Records
- 37,217 Member Trees
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Number of Nyman families
 14 - 25  5 - 13 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Nyman 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
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