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The van Surname

van Name Meaning and History

  1. Vietnamese: unexplained.
  2. Dutch (De Van): metonymic occupational name for a winnower or a maker of winnowing fans, from Middle Dutch van(ne) ‘fan’.
  3. English: Western English variant of Fann.
  4. Czech (Van): from a pet form of the personal name Václav, Old Czech Veceslav (see Vacek).
  5. Ukrainian: from a short form of the personal name Ivan, Slavic form of John.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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van Family Facts

Distribution of van Families in the US in 1920
Number of van families
 47-92
 16-46		 1-15
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Compiled by Ancestry.com.au from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 19 - Messages: 32
ThreadAuthorReplies
VAN, Pat Rick sandymento07 1
Van in Michigan daisymaple 5
Van family from OK to WA to CA to OR? sandymento07 0
Mary Van of Galveston, TX. in 1900 BasketLady420 0
Peter Van (Van Voltenburg) & wife Lydia Holt Jacquelyn 0
Van/Vann - Wade marriage Mary Butler 0
Mary C Van/Vann lindavern 2
Mary Van sue Hare 0
Sue Van d/o Michael Van mikevan55 0
Willie VAN - Gilliss Orphan's Home - Kansas City, MO - 1903 JohnWOBrien 0
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