Som Family History
- Som Name Meaning
- Indian (Bengal and southern states) and Bangladeshi: Hindu name from Sanskrit soma ‘moon’. It is usually a Kayasth name in Bengal. It is a variant of Soman among people from Kerala and Tamil Nadi who have migrated from their home state. It is only a given name in southern India, but has come to be used as a family name in the U.S. by families from southern India. Cambodian: unexplained. Hungarian: probably a nickname for someone with a sour disposition, from som, a sour-tasting forest fruit.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 34,961 Historical Documents with Som on Ancestry
- 18,551 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,563 Census and Voter Lists
- 8,352 Military Records
- 2,027 Immigration Records
- 1,468 Member Trees
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Number of Som families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Som 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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