Steven Family History
- Steven Name Meaning
- Scottish, English, Dutch, and North German: from the personal name Steven, a vernacular form of Latin Stephanus, Greek Stephanos ‘crown’. This was a popular name throughout Christendom in the Middle Ages, having been borne by the first Christian martyr, stoned to death at Jerusalem three years after the death of Christ. In English the variant spelling Stephen is almost equally common.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 279,445 Historical Documents with Steven on Ancestry
- 122,972 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 85,899 Census and Voter Lists
- 10,069 Military Records
- 10,955 Immigration Records
- 49,550 Member Trees
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Number of Steven families
 102 - 201  35 - 101 |
 1 - 34  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Steven families
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355 - 707 119 - 354 |
1 - 118 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Steven 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
Steven census records
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