Arnold Family History
- Arnold Name Meaning
- English and German: from a very widely used personal name of Germanic origin, composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule’. In addition, it has probably absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives (for the forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988). English: habitational name from either of the two places called Arnold (see Arnall). Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name, at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 6,111,350 Historical Documents with Arnold on Ancestry
- 2,066,947 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,100,393 Census and Voter Lists
- 245,795 Military Records
- 98,370 Immigration Records
- 2,599,845 Member Trees
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Number of Arnold families
 1,572 - 3,142  525 - 1,571 |
 1 - 524  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Arnold families
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160 - 318 54 - 159 |
1 - 53 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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