Wan Family History
- Wan Name Meaning
- Chinese : from a place name, Wan City, that existed during the Zhou dynasty (1122–221 bc) in Shaanxi province. Descendants of a marquise who was granted the territory adopted the city name as their surname. Chinese : variant of Wen 1. Chinese : variant of Yin 1. Dutch: occupational name for a maker or seller of winnowing fans, from Latin vannus. Scottish: variant of Wann.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 71,622 Historical Documents with Wan on Ancestry
- 30,483 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 11,316 Census and Voter Lists
- 7,001 Military Records
- 20,208 Immigration Records
- 2,614 Member Trees
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Number of Wan families
 21 - 39  8 - 20 |
 1 - 7  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Wan census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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