Kann Family History
- Kann Name Meaning
- German, Danish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): from Middle High German, Middle Low German, Danish kanne, German Kanne ‘jug’, ‘flagon’ (Latin canna), hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of jugs, or in some cases possibly a habitational name for someone who lived at a house or tavern distinguished by the sign of a flagon. German (Austria): from a short form of the personal name Candidus. Jewish (Ashkenazic): one of the many forms of Cohen.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 102,254 Historical Documents with Kann on Ancestry
- 27,267 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 11,781 Census and Voter Lists
- 34,399 Military Records
- 4,653 Immigration Records
- 24,154 Member Trees
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Number of Kann families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Kann census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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