Pal Family History
- Pal Name Meaning
- Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Kayasth) name, from Sanskrit pala ‘protector’, ‘keeper’, ‘guard’, ‘herdsman’ (compare gopala ‘cowherd’), an epithet of the god Krishna and a common personal name. A Pala dynasty that was founded by one Gopala in the 8th century ruled in Bengal and Bihar until the 12th century. Hungarian (Pál): from the personal name Pál, Hungarian form of Paul. This name is also found, spelled Pal, in Slovenia (Prekmurje) and northern and eastern Croatia.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 155,987 Historical Documents with Pal on Ancestry
- 140,229 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 5,954 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,095 Military Records
- 6,119 Immigration Records
- 2,590 Member Trees
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Number of Pal families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Pal 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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