Ander Family History
- Ander Name Meaning
- German: from the Germanic personal name, Andahari, composed of Old Norse andi (Old High German ando ‘breath’) or anti ‘end’, ‘point’ + hari ‘army’. Scandinavian: perhaps an American short form of the Swedish surname Andersson or Danish Andersen. Slovak: derivative of the personal name Andreas.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 46,274 Historical Documents with Ander on Ancestry
- 23,906 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 8,630 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,093 Military Records
- 8,955 Immigration Records
- 3,690 Member Trees
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Number of Ander families
 16 - 30  6 - 15 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Ander families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Ander census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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