Osman Family History
- Osman Name Meaning
- Turkish: from the Turkish personal name Osman, Turkish form of Arabic ?Uthman. This was the name of the third of the ‘rightly guided’ khalifs (ruled 644–656), one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad, to whom he gave the good news of entering into paradise. English: variant of Osmond. Dutch: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ans ‘god’ + man ‘man’. Dutch: occupational name for an ox driver, from os ‘ox’, ‘bullock’ + man ‘man’. German (Osmann): variant of Ossmann (see Ossman). Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): of uncertain origin; perhaps a variant of Oshman or Hausman.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 189,402 Historical Documents with Osman on Ancestry
- 71,869 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 39,729 Census and Voter Lists
- 6,316 Military Records
- 8,318 Immigration Records
- 63,170 Member Trees
Ready to discover your family story?
Simply start with yourself and we'll do the searching for you.
Number of Osman families
 138 - 273  47 - 137 |
 1 - 46  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Osman families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Osman census records
You can see how Osman families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
from the New York Passengers List
Click on a place to view Osman immigration records
The information for this chart came from the U.S. Immigration Collection at Ancestry. You can find out where the majority of the Osman families were living before they immigrated to the U.S and learn where to focus your search for foreign records.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival, and destination.
from the Canadian Passenger Lists
Click on a circle in the chart to view Osman immigration records
You can find out when most of the Osman families immigrated to Canada. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival and destination.
from 1881 CA Census Data
Osman census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Osman ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
Did the Osmans fight in a war? Military records can tell you a lot
about your ancestors including birthplace, occupation and even physical descriptions.
×